SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The spread of unfiltered photos and videos of the deadly crowd crush in Seoul may traumatize not just the families of the victims, but also the public in general, experts said Monday. Immediately following the tragedy in Itaewon, photos and videos by witnesses were uploaded en masse on social [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The recent spike in the number of seniors returning to the labor market reflects a deteriorating quality of life led by rising consumer prices, a central bank report said Monday. The Bank of Korea report said that the number of seniors over 60 years of age who got new [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Controversy has sparked online over the government’s plans to support the victims of the deadly Halloween crowd crush in Seoul’s Itaewon district. In a disaster response meeting Monday, the government decided to provide 20 million won (US$14,010) in compensation to each of the dead victims on top of up [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Koreans are commending police, firefighters and paramedics for their hard work during the Halloween crowd crush in Seoul’s Itaewon district last Saturday. “I’m sorry I couldn’t save more of them,” one of the police officers who was sent to Itaewon that day said on [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The government on Monday ended the distribution of press releases on the daily report of COVID-19 infections that began on January 20, 2020. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said it will post daily infection reports on its website only, every day at 9:30 a.m. The online [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Police did not foresee that massive casualties would occur from this year’s Halloween festivities in the central Seoul district of Itaewon, a top police official said Monday, responding to growing criticism about their failure to prevent the deadly crowd crush. Hong Ki-hyun, chief of the National Police Agency’s Public [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The cognitive function and quality of life among seniors who partake in rearing their grandchildren are higher than those who do not, a report showed Sunday. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs analyzed the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging conducted every two years from 2008 to 2020 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of households are facing a heavier burden when it comes to interest payments with both consumer prices and interest rates rising rapidly, a local research institute said Sunday. Hyundai Research Institute, in an analysis of Statistics Korea data, said 35.7 percent of all households in the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases fell below 20,000 on Monday due to fewer tests, but there are lingering concerns over a possible outbreak of a “twindemic” of the pandemic and seasonal influenza this winter. The country reported 18,510 new COVID-19 infections, including 56 from overseas, bringing the total to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Questions are increasingly raised as to whether the Itaewon disaster could have been prevented with preparatory safety measures by the administrative authorities and police. Some critics say the Seoul city government, the office of Yongsan Ward to which Itaewon belongs and police should have taken sufficient accident prevention measures [...]