SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Digital Foundation, a digital arm of the Seoul city government, said Sunday it will open an online education platform to enable senior citizens to check their digital competency and get customized education recommendations. The Edutech Campus, slated to be operated from Monday, enables senior trainees to instantly [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported more than 50,000 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, the largest for a Sunday in more than three months, amid concerns of another surge as the government mulls easing the indoor mask mandate. The country reported 54,319 new COVID-19 infections, including 52 from overseas, bringing the total to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul city government said Sunday that 18 outstanding foreign residents of Seoul have become honorary citizens of South Korea’s capital city. At this year’s honorary citizenship ceremony, the Seoul metropolitan government handed medals and certificates to those who volunteered to help North Korean defectors and multicultural families, businessmen [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases stayed above 60,000 for the fifth consecutive day Saturday amid lingering concerns of another surge as the government mulls easing the indoor mask mandate. The country reported 62,738 new COVID-19 infections, including 61 from overseas, bringing the total to 27,674,163, the Korea Disease Control [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases continued their weekly climb Friday, as the government mulls adjusting the indoor mask mandate even as the virus spreads. The country reported 62,734 new COVID-19 infections, including 50 from overseas, bringing the total to 27,611,555, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. [...]
SUWON, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Gyeonggi Province on Thursday held a large-scale joint disaster response drill. The drill took place at a branch store of Lotte Department Store in Suwon, south of Seoul, and was attended by some 500 people from 32 institutions including Gyeonggi Province, the city of Suwon and local police and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Nighttime travelers commuting for night shifts or other business are complaining about rising taxi fares in Seoul following the introduction of special nighttime fares. The additional charge for taxis at nighttime came into effect at 10 p.m. on Dec. 1, two hours earlier than before. From 11 p.m. to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Soup kitchens are struggling with increasing consumer prices and severed financial aid from the private sector due to the current economic downturn. A food kitchen set up near Daegu Station in the southeastern city of Daegu desperately needs help after the cost of food and other merchandise jumped by [...]
SEOUL/GUNSAN, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Striking cargo truckers voted Friday to end their weekslong walkout after their collective action incurred massive supply disruptions across industries and prompted the government to issue back-to-work orders. In a plenary vote conducted in the morning, nearly 62 percent voted in favor of ending the strike while about 38 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 2,000 people underwent medical treatment at a healthcare facility more than once a day last year, data showed Wednesday. The National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) reported that 2,550 people underwent medical treatment more than 365 times at local healthcare centers last year. The NHIS paid 25.1 billion [...]