SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell to the lowest Wednesday tally in 13 weeks, showing signs the infection trend may be subsiding, as the country prepares to lift the indoor mask mandate. The country reported 36,908 new COVID-19 infections, including 80 from overseas, bringing the total to 29,898,142, the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Prosecutors have indicted 20 people on charges of illegally remitting about 4 trillion won (US$3.2 billion) worth of funds overseas to buy cryptocurrencies abroad and sell them back in South Korea at a premium, officials said Wednesday. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office, in collaboration with the Seoul branch [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — About 1 in 20 young people in Seoul live in isolation or seclusion from society due mainly to difficulties in finding a job or mental problems, a survey by the city government showed Wednesday. An estimated 4.5 percent, or about 129,000, of Seoul residents aged between 19-39 were surveyed [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreign workers filing taxes in South Korea for 2021 income fell 7.3 percent from a year earlier, data showed Wednesday, amid the restricted travel following the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 505,000 foreign workers filed a year-end tax settlement for their 2021 income, down from 545,000 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Seniors who eat alone grow old much faster than others, a study indicated Tuesday. A joint research team from Samsung Medical Center and Kyung Hee University Medical Center conducted a study of 2,072 seniors who participated in the Korea Frailty and Aging Cohort Study in 2016 and 2017, comparing [...]
SANCHEONG, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A farming town with populations of less than 40,000 is coming up short in its search for new doctors. Sancheong County in South Gyeongsang Province sought to recruit doctors specializing in internal medicine in November and December last year for its public health clinic, but there haven’t been any [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s antitrust regulator said Wednesday it has decided to file a criminal complaint against a truckers’ union for obstructing its on-site investigation during its strike last year. The move came after officials from the watchdog were denied entry to the offices of the Korean Public Service and Transport [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell to the lowest Tuesday tally in 13 weeks in a sign of a downward trend in new infections, as the country prepares to lift the indoor mask mandate. The country reported 40,199 new COVID-19 infections, including 95 from overseas, bringing the total to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Bills and coins that the South Korean central bank discarded due to damage grew 2.3 percent in 2022 as increased banknotes were redeemed amid high interest rates, data showed Tuesday. A total of 412.68 million damaged bills and coins were taken out of circulation last year, down from 403.52 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Many South Koreans with disabilities are refraining from exercising outdoors despite the dwindling impacts of the pandemic, a survey showed Monday. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism conducted a survey of 10,000 registered disabled persons in the country between the ages of 10 and 69, which showed that only 26.6 [...]