SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreigners working in South Korea’s agricultural industry spiked 531 percent on-year in the first quarter amid eased COVID-19 restrictions, data showed Thursday. A total of 8,666 foreigners came to South Korea for jobs in farming villages during the January-March period, sharply up from 1,373 foreign laborers [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A significant proportion of women with pregnancy plans are struggling to conceive due to miscarriages and being overweight, a study showed Tuesday. A research team from Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital analyzed 2,274 women between the ages of 20 and 45 who participated in the pregnancy preparation program hosted [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Half of emergency patients with heart attacks, strokes, and severe injuries did not make it to the emergency room in time in the last five years, a lawmaker said Tursday. According to a report submitted to Rep. Choi Hye-young of the Democratic Party by the National Medical Center, 49.1 [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 caseload stayed above 10,000 for the second straight day Wednesday, as public gatherings rise amid warmer weather. The country reported 13,926 cases, including nine cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 30,944,430, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. Wednesday’s tally is [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s job additions snapped their nine-month decline in March in the face of an economic slowdown, but most jobs were created for the over-60 age group, data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people came to 28.22 million last month, up around 469,000 from a year earlier, according [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean Medical Association (KMA), South Korea’s largest association of doctors, on Saturday announced plans for a general strike in response to the potential passage of the Nursing Act and the Medical Law revision during the plenary session of the National Assembly. The Nursing Act expands nurses’ scope of [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) —On March 10th, the Seoul Immigration Office announced the arrest of a 42-year-old Thai man for violating the Immigration Act. The man, identified only as “A,” was not merely in the country illegally; he was illegally modifying used motorcycles and selling them on social media in Korea. For over a [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily coronavirus caseload bounced back to over 10,000 on Tuesday as public gatherings are on the rise amid warmer weather. The country reported 12,444 new COVID-19 infections, including 23 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 30,930,504, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Roughly half of the labor force in South Korea self-identify as worhaholics, a survey showed Monday. Online job search portal JobKorea conducted a survey of 855 workers, 48.5 percent of whom regarded themselves as workaholics. Among those claiming to be workaholics, 52.5 percent said they had no choice but to become [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans in their 20s and 30s prioritize their personal lives rather than monthly wages and retirement security at work, a survey showed Monday. The Federation of Korean Industries conducted a survey of 827 South Koreans in their 20s and 30s, 36.6 percent of whom preferred to work at [...]