SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean consumers are reducing the use of food delivery apps while showing a preference towards homemade meals, amid the easing of social distancing rules coupled with the economic slump. The monthly active users (MAU) of the nation’s big three food delivery apps — Baedal Minjok, Yogiyo, and Coupang [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday it is using smart plugs to monitor single-person households with a risk of “lonely death” 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A smart plug is a device that is connected to the electrical outlets that power televisions, microwaves and other commonly [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases stayed below 20,000 for the eighth straight day Thursday, in a sign of a downward trend in new infections. The country reported 14,664 new cases, including 13 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 30,311,979, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of young mothers in South Korea are facing a high risk of depression, a study showed Tuesday. The National Youth Policy Institute and the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs published a joint report that said young mothers under 24 years of age struggle to make [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases stayed below 20,000 for the seventh straight day Wednesday in the latest sign of a downward trend in new infections. The country reported 17,934 new cases, including 38 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 30,297,315, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — With the number of domestic drug users increasing, particularly among young people in their 20s and 30s, drug-smuggling channels and techniques are evolving in a more diverse and deliberate manner. South Korea’s customs agency disclosed a series of the latest drug-smuggling techniques when it announced a comprehensive plan to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Jobseekers are flocking to Genesis BBQ Co. amid news that the company had decided to raise its starting salary for university graduates. The company, which runs one of South Korea’s biggest fried chicken franchises, BBQ Chicken, said Tuesday that more than 2,500 jobseekers had applied during the recruitment period [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases stayed below 20,000 for the sixth straight day Tuesday, signaling a downtrend in the virus wave. The country reported 16,120 new cases, including 29 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 30,279,381, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). The Tuesday [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court on Tuesday sentenced a former subway worker to 40 years in prison for killing a female colleague he had stalked in a public restroom at a subway station. The man, Jeon Joo-hwan, was found guilty of revenge killing and other charges for stabbing the victim to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The high-profile daughter of the disgraced former Justice Minister Cho Kuk has said she does not feel ashamed of herself at all despite her parents’ conviction for forging her academic documents. Cho Min, who has made headlines over suspicions that her parents fabricated various academic documents to get her [...]