SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases are on the rise as outdoor gatherings increased amid spring weather, data showed Tuesday. The country reported 13,375 new COVID-19 infections, including 16 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 30,857,275, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said. The Tuesday tally was [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — About half of Korean employees work overtime on weekday nights or weekends but, among them, more than half do so without pay, a survey showed Sunday. Civic group Gapjil 119 and the Finance & Service Ubuntu Fund jointly conducted a survey of 1,000 employees. In response to a question [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of traffic accidents and deaths has declined in the locations where roundabouts have been built, government data showed Monday. According to data from the Ministry of Interior and Safety and the Korea Transport Institute, there were an average of 2.7 annual traffic accident deaths between 2017 and [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — High school students prefer not to report cases of school violence in a higher proportion than elementary and middle school students, a government report showed Sunday. A school violence analysis conducted by the Ministry of Education showed that the proportion of students who preferred not to report cases of [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell to the 4,000 level Monday due to fewer tests conducted on the weekend. The country reported 4,349 new COVID-19 infections, including 18 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 30,843,900, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said. The Monday tally was [...]
SEOUL, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Fifteen people, including a Vietnamese illegal immigrant, have been arrested for stealing mobile phones and smuggling them into Vietnam, officials said Sunday. The Vietnamese, who has been detained in the face of a prosecutors’ probe, is suspected of buying stolen mobile phones for as little as 200,000 won (US$156) [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported slightly over 10,000 new COVID-19 cases for the fifth consecutive day Saturday as the country is adapting to the idea of the virus becoming endemic and is making efforts toward returning to normalcy. The country reported 10,523 new COVID-19 infections, including 12 cases from overseas, bringing [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell for two straight days to around 10,000 on Friday, keeping the numbers steady compared with a week ago, as people began to come to terms with treating the virus as endemic. The country reported 10,368 new COVID-19 infections, including 18 cases from overseas, [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The Government Ethics Committee on Thursday unveiled high-ranking officials’ personal property data that included a variety of extraordinary items. Unification minister Kwon Young-se reported three harps worth 130 million won (US$100,400) and one painting worth 30 million won that are owned under his wife’s name. Shin Ja-yong, head of [...]
GWANGJU, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A grandson of late former President Chun Doo-hwan on Friday apologized for the 1980 bloody crackdown that his grandfather carried out to quell a pro-democracy uprising in the southwestern city of Gwangju. “My grandfather, Chun Doo-hwan, is a sinner who committed a huge crime,” Chun Woo-won told reporters following [...]