SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell below 30,000 on Thursday amid a gradual downward trend in new infections after peaking at over 180,000 in mid-August. The country reported 26,957 new COVID-19 infections, including 71 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 25,052,677, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases jumped to over 30,000 on Wednesday on increased tests following the extended weekend, though daily infections have been on a downward trend. The country reported 30,535 new COVID-19 infections, including 70 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 25,025,749, the Korea Disease Control and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Stalking and dating violence have steadily increased over the past few years, yet the number of police officers in charge of such crimes has remained unchanged, police data showed Wednesday. According to the National Police Agency data submitted to Rep. Yong Hye-in of the Basic Income Party, 3,621 cases [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul International Fireworks Festival was held at Han River Park in Yeouido, Seoul on Saturday. Hosted by Hanwha Group and sponsored by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the festival has been held in September or October every year since 2000. Returning after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The overseas direct purchase market is cooling down rapidly as the South Korean currency fell sharply. Users point out that the spiking exchange rate is depriving them of the incentive to use direct foreign purchase services. An office worker surnamed Choi recently gave up on purchasing a US$202 bag from the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Controversy sparked after newly recruited employees sought to sell gifts from their employers at a secondhand transactions platform. A recently posted article on Blind, a workplace community app, said that some of this year’s new recruits at Samsung Electronics Co. had sold their ‘recruitment gifts’ on Danggeun Market, a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases rebounded to over 15,000 on Tuesday following the extended weekend, though daily infections have been on a downward trend. The country reported 15,476 new COVID-19 infections, including 95 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 24,995,246, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s customs agency said Tuesday it has detected 256.7 billion won (US$179.6 million) worth of imported items disguised as being locally produced through September this year. The amount marks a 35 percent rise from the same period a year earlier, according to the Korea Customs Service. Among the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of people in their 20s who died by suicide in Seoul last year increased sharply, exceeding the proportion of those in their 30s and 40s, data showed Monday. A total of 2,034 people took their own lives in the capital city last year and those in their [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell below 10,000 for the first time in 14 weeks Monday amid waning virus infections and fewer tests over the extended weekend. The country reported 8,981 new COVID-19 infections, including 47 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 24,979,770, the Korea Disease Control and [...]