SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Children continue to fall victim to abuse every year but most victims return to the family member responsible for the abuse, even after it has been reported, data showed Monday. The Ministry of Health and Welfare revealed that 37,605 cases of child abuse were reported in 2021, an increase [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — For persons with hearing disabilities, the contactless culture brought about by the pandemic has been another obstacle to overcome. While social discretion and interest toward people who are hearing impaired have increased, leading to the introduction of lip-view masks and interpretation services for sign language, the obstacles they face [...]
CHEONGJU, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — An abandoned dog was miraculously rescued after wandering onto a highway. Last week, local authorities received a report that a dog was loitering near the median strip of the Busan-bound Gyeongbu Expressway in Okcheon County, North Chungcheong Province. The dog could have been run over by a car at [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases hit the lowest number in seven months on Monday, as the spread of the virus continues to slow. The country reported 5,174 new infection cases, including 16 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 30,355,373, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – OpenAI’s innovative chatbot, ChatGPT, has caused a stir among South Korean office workers, with expectations and concerns swirling around the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The chatbot’s capabilities were recently put to the test by a financial worker named Kim, who tasked it with generating 30 questions for [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The value of fake luxury goods that were imported to South Korea over the past five years stood at more than 2 trillion won, a lawmaker has said, with counterfeit Rolex products accounting for the largest share. According to the data that Rep. Yang Kyung-sook of the Democratic Party [...]
ULSAN, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — So-called “special contributors” from Afghanistan delivered their thanks to the local community in a variety of ways, one year after settling in the southeastern city of Ulsan after fleeing their country taken over by the Taliban. On behalf of about 150 Afghan special contributors and their families settling in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea reported 12,051 new cases of COVID-19, the lowest for a Sunday in about eight months, as a downward trend continued. The total caseload came to 30,350,199, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. The new cases marked the lowest daily outbreak reported on a Sunday [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases stayed below 20,000 for the 10th consecutive day Saturday, signaling a solid downtrend in the spread of the virus here. The country reported 12,805 new cases, including 24 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 30,338,148, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases stayed below 20,000 for the ninth consecutive day Friday amid a downward trend in new infections. The country reported 13,504 new cases, including 38 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 30,325,483, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). The Friday [...]