SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean Medical Association on Tuesday released a statement asking journalists to exercise caution when posting articles about the Itaewon crowd crush in the press or on social media. The statement said secondary damages are being generated from uncensored, provocative articles and press, and that excessive media coverage should be [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — With less goods being transported, decreasing cardboard production is pulling down demand for waste paper in and out of South Korea. The Korea Paper Association reported that South Korea’s cardboard production dropped from 511,412 tons in December last year to 478,083 tons in July of this year. Cardboard is [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The facility that had temporarily accommodated the bodies of the victims of the deadly Halloween crowd crush in Seoul has now turned into a lost-and-found center storing items collected from Itaewon. A gymnasium in Yongsan ward is currently storing hundreds of clothes, bags, shoes and glasses found at the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A lax police response to emergency calls on the night of the Itaewon crowd crush came under growing scrutiny and criticism Wednesday following revelations that police snubbed a series of emergency calls about overcrowding in the neighborhood hours before the disaster. The National Police Agency released Tuesday police documents [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases stayed above 50,000 for the second straight day Wednesday amid concerns over a possible outbreak of a “twindemic” of the pandemic and seasonal influenza this winter. The country reported 54,766 new COVID-19 infections, including 78 from overseas, bringing the total to 25,670,407, the Korea [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans in their 20s and 30s are turning from golf to hiking amid high inflation. Growth of outdoor gear revenue generated by those young people has outpaced the growth of golf revenue since September, according to industry sources. For Hyundai Department Store, the golf revenue generated by those [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases rebounded to over 50,000 on Tuesday amid concerns over a possible outbreak of a “twindemic” of the pandemic and seasonal influenza this winter. The country reported 58,379 new COVID-19 infections, including 68 from overseas, bringing the total to 25,615,667, the Korea Disease Control and [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Online shopping in South Korea advanced 11.8 percent on-year in September as the demand for travel services increased on eased COVID-19 restrictions, data showed Tuesday. The value of online shopping transactions came to 17.45 trillion won (US$12.2 billion) in September, compared with 15.6 trillion won tallied a year earlier, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The recent deadly crowd crush in Seoul sparked widespread interest among South Koreans in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) that can help save lives during cardiac emergencies. Videos from Saturday’s accident during Halloween festivities in Itaewon, which left 155 dead, showed not only rescue workers but also ordinary people desperately giving [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Provincial governments have canceled their autumnal festivals one after another as the country mourns the deaths of more than 150 people in a Halloween crowd crush in Seoul. The Busan metropolitan government said Monday it has decided to indefinitely postpone this year’s Busan Fireworks Festival set to be held [...]