SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – As negotiations for a legally binding global plastics treaty enter a crucial phase, environmental organizations in South Korea are calling on the government to play a more assertive role in pushing for ambitious measures to tackle the plastic pollution crisis. At a news conference in Seoul on April 15, a [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 13,000 medical students plan to collectively seek court injunctions to halt their schools’ expansion of admission quotas, a lawyer said Wednesday, as the walkout by protesting trainee doctors continued for nearly two months. The injunction requests will be filed next Monday by students from 32 medical schools outside [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Single-person households accounted for 33.6 percent of all households last year, up 3.2 percentage points from three years ago, with more people complaining of loneliness and difficulty dealing with emergencies or sickness alone, data showed Wednesday. Those who responded positively about living alone without marriage also jumped from 34 [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 3 out of 10 foreign employees in South Korea worked 50 hours or longer per week last year, data showed Wednesday. A total of 1.43 million foreigners aged 15 and older resided in South Korea as of May 2023, and 64.5 percent of them have a job here, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — While the number of women benefiting from South Korea’s national pension system has steadily increased, a substantial gender gap remains when compared to their male counterparts, highlighting the need for further progress. According to data from the National Pension Service, the number of female subscribers reached 10.15 million as of [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 7 in 10 South Koreans in their 20s and 30s profess a lack of confidence in the national pension system, citing concerns over population decline and the potential depletion of funds, according to a government study released on April 14. The Korean Women’s Development Institute surveyed 1,152 people [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A striking 8 out of 10 South Koreans in their 20s and 30s have yet to achieve financial independence from their parents, according to a recent survey by the job platform Jinhaksa Catch. The respondents cited a lack of stable income due to employment challenges as the primary reason for [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government decided Friday to allow an outdoor reading event to be held at Seoul Plaza in front of City Hall on May 31, effectively rejecting the request of an annual LGBTQ festival there. The LGBTQ festival was one of three events that sought to use the [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – With the world’s lowest birthrate leading to a rapidly shrinking school-age population in South Korea, the government plans to curtail admissions to colleges of education that train new teachers, following earlier moves to scale back the hiring of instructors. The adjustment comes amid concerns over a worsening imbalance between dwindling [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The health ministry said Friday it will send more than 2,700 additional physician assistant (PA) nurses to hospitals to minimize medical system disruptions amid a prolonged walkout by trainee doctors. More than 90 percent of South Korea’s 13,000 trainee doctors have walked off the job in protest since Feb. [...]