SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A 30-year-old local office worker recently visited a cafe in Seoul’s Gangnam District that offers “coffee omakase,” where the barista recommends the coffee. For 30,000 won (US$22.59) per couple, customers can enjoy three cups of coffee and take out an Americano. “I had to visit early in the morning [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of the victims of “romance scams” in South Korea are women under 30 years of age, a study showed Monday. Romance scams involve pretending to have romantic intentions towards a victim, gaining their affection, and then exploiting that goodwill for fraudulent purposes. Park Beom-jin, a student in [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of smokers in South Korea believe that compensation aids in smoking cessation, with many expressing a preference for monetary compensation, a report showed Sunday. According to the report published by the Korean Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 69.3 percent of smokers believed that providing compensation [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The sales workforce at South Korea’s retail stores continued to decline in the past four years on increased online transactions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, government data showed Sunday. The number of newly hired salespeople at offline outlets fell 13 percent, or 393,000, to 2.64 million in April this year [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases remained below 20,000 for the third consecutive day Saturday as the country plans to further ease remaining antivirus curbs next week. The country reported 17,796 new infections, including 37 imported cases, bringing the total caseload to 31,646,973, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency [...]
SEOUL/DAEGU, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A door of an Asiana Airlines plane carrying 194 people opened right before landing at Daegu International Airport on Friday, leaving nine passengers with breathing difficulty, but the plane landed safely, officials said. Police detained a 33-year-old man on suspicions of pulling the door lever. After departing from Jeju [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases stayed below 20,000 for the second straight day Friday as the country is regaining pre-pandemic normalcy amid a downward trend. The country reported 17,933 new infection cases, including 28 imported cases, bringing the total caseload to 31,629,442, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency [...]
SEJONG, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea added 491,000 jobs for wage workers in the fourth quarter of 2022, data showed Friday, led by the construction and manufacturing sectors. The number of paying jobs came to 20.45 million in the October-December period, up from 19.96 million tallied a year earlier, according to the data [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of the Interior and Safety said Thursday it will enhance the mobile membership registration and booking procedures for public facilities and services frequently utilized by foreigners. Most foreigners who visit South Korea for short periods, whether for business, travel, or language studies, do not possess domestic credit [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases stayed below 20,000 on Thursday, a mild drop from a week ago, extending the downtrend as the country is regaining pre-pandemic normalcy. The country reported 19,080 new infection cases, including 24 imported cases, bringing the total caseload to 31,611,509, the Korea Disease Control and [...]