SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — About half of Koreans who have gone through divorce, separation, or relocation have experienced partner violence, a government report showed Wednesday. The Ministry of Gender, Equality and Family conducted a triennial survey on over 9,000 individuals aged 19 and above. According to the survey, 7.6 percent reported experiencing physical, [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of apprehended drug offenders surged to a record high of 18,395 last year, driven by crimes among young people and foreigners, a prosecution report showed Wednesday. According to the 2022 white paper on drug crimes published by the Supreme Prosecutors Office, the figure marks an upsurge of [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Police Agency is investigating 193 cases of babies not registered at birth, officials said Tuesday, amid a string of child abuse cases involving such undocumented babies, including the shocking discovery of two dead newborns being kept in a refrigerator. Police have been expanding its probe into cases [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — In the government’s pilot project to ensure the digital right to be forgotten, the highest proportion of individuals requesting data deletion were middle and high school students, South Korea’s data protection watchdog said Monday. According to data from the Personal Information Protection Commission, as of June 30, there were [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 3 million people are struggling to maintain a minimum standard of living due to their debt and the repayment of loans with interest, a central bank report said Sunday. According to a report from the Bank of Korea, which was submitted to Rep. Yang Kyung-sook of the Democratic [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The weak yen is encouraging more South Koreans to participate in foreign direct purchases from Japan. According to data from Statistics Korea, South Koreans spent 120.17 billion won (US$91.8 million) in the first quarter on direct purchases from Japan through online shopping, marking a 29.1 percent year-on-year increase or [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The size of vehicles in all categories, except for mini cars, is increasing compared to the past, indicating a strong preference among local consumers for larger cars. According to local market tracker CarIsYou, the overall length and width of vehicles registered in South Korea during the January to May [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — About half of South Korean adults have owned a digital asset like bitcoin at some point in the past, a survey showed Thursday. The Korea Financial Consumers Protection Foundation conducted a survey of 2,500 people under 70 years of age, of whom 30 percent said they currently own a [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Justice said Thursday it will extend the validity period of the Korea Electronic Travel Authorization (K-ETA), the online travel permit system for foreign tourists. Currently set at two years, the validity period will be extended to three years, effective from Monday. However, teenagers and elderly individuals [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite a number of highly-publicized electric vehicle (EV) fires, the actual number of incidents involving fires and explosions in EVs is actually lower than that among non-EVs, data showed Thursday. According to a data analysis conducted by the Korea Insurance Development Institute (KIDI), the number of accidents caused by [...]