SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Prosecutors on Monday have indicted individuals including a former employee of a domestic company for leaking one of the nation’s core semiconductor technologies to China. The Suwon District Prosecutors Office announced that it had indicted four people, including a former researcher at SEMES Co., an affiliate of Samsung Electronics [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The childbirth subsidies given out by local authorities nationwide have had a minimal effect in regions with a shrinking population, posing a financial risk, a report showed Sunday. A study recently published by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs made a comparison of childbirth subsidies distributed in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of fabricated South Korean banknotes hit a record low in 2022 on increased non-cash transactions amid the pandemic, central bank data showed Monday. The number of counterfeit banknotes found in South Korea last year came to 150, down from the previous record low of 176 a year [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell to the lowest Monday tally in 12 weeks, as the government continues to make efforts to contain the inflow from China. The country reported 14,144 new COVID-19 infections, including 64 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 29,821,035, the Korea Disease Control [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The proportion of self-employed people in South Korea touched a record low in 2022 in the wake of the prolonged coronavirus pandemic, data showed Monday. Asia’s fourth-largest economy had 5.63 million self-employed people as of end-December, accounting for 20.1 percent of the 28.09 million employed in the country, according [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Three out of 10 South Koreans who were hired last year worked less than 36 hours a week, the statistics agency said Sunday. The number of part-time workers totaled 8,028,000 last year, accounting for 28.6 percent of total employment, the highest figure since 1980 when related data began to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases dipped to the lowest Sunday tally in almost three months, as the government has stepped up efforts to contain the inflow from China. A total of 32,570 additional coronavirus infections, including 104 cases from overseas, have been confirmed nationwide, bringing the total caseload to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s population shrank last year, continuing its downward trend for three years in a row, with the number of single-person households close to 10 million, government data showed Sunday. The Ministry of Interior and Safety said the country’s registered population stood at 51,439,038 as of Dec. 31 of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell to the lowest for a Saturday in three months, showing signs of a slowdown in the pandemic. The country reported 36,699 new COVID-19 infections, including 99 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 29,774,321, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell to the lowest Friday tally in 11 weeks, with health authorities staying on high alert over rising imported cases from China and other regions. The country reported 39,726 new COVID-19 infections, including 137 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 29,737,769, the [...]