SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Crimes targeting unmanned stores, which have increased in number during the pandemic, are on the rise. According to a report from the Korean Institute of Criminology and Justice, 1,640 cases of crimes were committed against unmanned stores in Seoul over a 17-month period, starting in September 2020, averaging 96 [...]
SUWON, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Members of a drug ring that targeted teenagers have been arrested and indicted, prosecutors said Monday. The Suwon District Prosecutors Office charged a 21-year-old as the main distributor and two 19-year-olds as middle managers for distributing synthetic cannabinoids. The prosecution also indicted three teenagers, aged 15 to 18, for [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — With Japan’s approaching deadline for releasing contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean, Korean retailers and food producers are taking action to address consumer concerns. Lotte Department Store will install equipment at all its stores capable of detecting radioactive substances in fishery products. The company [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Contrary to the declining number of Koreans in their 20s and job recruits, caused by the low birthrate and an aging society, there is an increasing trend among young South Koreans to refuse engagement in job-seeking activities. There were 6.15 million people in their 20s in the country as [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Medical schools in Hungary are gaining the spotlight as an alternative route to obtain a doctor’s license without graduating from a medical school in South Korea. A total of 409 individuals who graduated from foreign medical schools took the medical licensing examination in South Korea between 2001 and 2023, [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Police officers and local government officials engaged in an unprecedented clash just hours before an annual queer festival in the southeastern city of Daegu on Saturday, but the event ended without major conflict. The tension between the two sides was palpable as they converged upon the bustling shopping district [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Fire Agency (NFA) has developed a long-term plan in response to a series of cases where emergency patients failed to reach the hospital in time. According to the NFA, ambulances took over an hour to reach the nearest hospital from the accident site in 16,939 cases last [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Senior harassment has increased for five consecutive years, largely due to the pandemic and changes in family composition, a government report showed Thursday. There were 19,552 suspected cases of senior harassment reported last year, 34.8 percent of which were confirmed as actual instances of harassment, according to the report [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The expanding proportion of seniors since the mid-1990s has exacerbated income inequality among households nationwide, the central bank said Thursday. South Korea’s Gini coefficient for market income gradually increased for older age groups until individuals reached their 50s, but it experienced a significant spike among individuals in their 60s [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans aged 65 and above are set to make up 46.4 percent of the total population in 2070, data showed Friday, a projection that shows rapid population aging amid the country’s critically low birthrate. The figure marks a sharp rise from the 18.4 percent estimated for this year, [...]