SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Choi Yeon-su, a 24-year-old office worker, rehearsed over and over again how to use her bag to protect herself in a self-defense class last weekend, as the instructor told the students to hold up their bags diagonally to better shield against a knife attack. “Always bear in mind that [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Safety management in car-sharing services, which offer non-face-to-face vehicle rentals, is substandard, leading to ongoing consumer losses such as excessive repair costs, a survey showed Tuesday. According to a survey conducted by the Korea Consumer Agency with 66 vehicles from the nation’s major car-sharing platforms, including Green Car, Socar [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Doctors’ associations filed a constitutional appeal on Tuesday over a revised medical law requiring hospitals to place surveillance cameras in operating rooms, claiming it violates the personal rights of physicians. The Korea Medical Association (KMA) and the Korean Hospital Association filed the petition with the Constitutional Court, ahead of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Tzuyang, a famous South Korean YouTuber with 8.67 million subscribers, recently sparked controversy by posting seafood “mukbang” (a portmanteau in Korean of “eating” and “broadcast”) videos. Amid growing concerns about declining seafood consumption due to Japan’s release of contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, her seafood [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The “Hospital Companion Service for Older Adults” (Taking Oreusin to the Hospital Service) initiative in the city of Donghae, Gangwon Province, which commenced in March of this year, has garnered widespread appreciation from both older adults, affectionately referred to as “Oreusin,” and their caregivers. The term “Oreusin” was historically [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — An estimated 120,000 school teachers held large-scale rallies across the country Monday to mourn the recent suicide deaths of fellow teachers distressed by disgruntled parents and unruly students and to call for measures to prevent such tragedies. Following the apparent suicide of a young public school teacher in July, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) has reaffirmed its determination to prevail in its legal battle against tobacco companies, emphasizing the unmistakable causal link between tobacco and cancer. NHIS Chairman Jung Ki-suck drew a parallel between tobacco and drugs during a recent media interview, arguing that both society and tobacco companies, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A significant proportion of South Korean women have experienced workplace sexual harassment, a survey showed Sunday. According to a survey conducted by local pollster Embrain Public, upon the request of the civic organizations Gapjil 119 and the Beautiful Foundation, 35.2 percent of women said that they had experienced sexual [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Regional disparities in the “standard time medical utilization rate,” which indicates the accessibility of emergency rooms or intensive care units within a specific timeframe, have been observed. According to the “2022 Public Health and Medical Statistics” released by the National Center for Health Statistics on Saturday, the utilization [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — An estimated 200,000 teachers from around the country gathered in Seoul on Saturday to commemorate the recent deaths of young teachers and to call for the better protection of their rights. Dressed in black, thousands of teachers gathered near the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul, for the rally. [...]