SEJONG, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s customs agency said Tuesday it has detected 8.2 trillion won (US$6.31 billion) worth of illegal trade activities, such as smuggling and violations of foreign currency rules. The amount marks a sharp rise from just 3.2 trillion won tallied a year earlier, according to the Korea Customs Service [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell to 4,300 on Monday amid eased COVID-19 virus curbs, with health authorities considering further easing antivirus measures in coming months. Monday’s tally, including 20 from overseas, fell from 11,246 on Saturday. South Korea’s accumulated infection cases reached 30,569,215 as of Monday, according to [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) – In recent years, the use of new kinds of drugs that can be easily synthesized and made has been on the rise in South Korea. Last year, it was reported that the number of these types of drugs seized by authorities, such as antipsychotics, had increased threefold from the [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s demographic crisis is raising concerns about the survival of small cities, as more than half of the country’s municipal governments recorded less than 1,000 births last year. The declining demand for childcare facilities, including maternity hospitals, daycare centers, elementary schools, and academies, is expected to exacerbate the [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases rose to above 11,000 Saturday as the country is mulling a further easing of antivirus measures. The country reported 11,246 new infection cases, bringing the total caseload to 30,555,102, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. Saturday’s tally increased from 10,408 cases [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Fairness and justice have been pressing concerns in South Korean society for years. More than a decade ago, Michael J. Sandel, a professor of government at Harvard University, rocked the country with his explosive best-seller “Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?”– a thought-provoking piece that struck a chord [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The values that millennials and Generation Z prioritize the most when selecting a job are shifting from one’s potential for growth to wages and working hours, a think tank report said Thursday. The Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade analyzed 104,511 college graduates from 2008 to 2019 using [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of households that left the city to live in the countryside are satisfied with their decision, a survey showed Thursday. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs conducted a survey of 6,000 households that moved to the countryside between 2017 and 2021. The results showed that [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported 10,408 new COVID-19 cases Friday, as the government said it will start discussions on lifting remaining antivirus measures. The figure is up by 357 from the previous week, and slightly higher than the past seven-day average of 9,195, data from the Korea Disease Control and Prevention [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey conducted by remarriage information company ONLYU, in collaboration with marriage information company Bien-Aller, sheds light on the importance of physical appearance in maintaining relationships. The survey focused on divorced and returning singles who want to remarry and found that men cite “maintaining affection,” while women mention [...]