SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese nationals accounted for over 60 percent of apartment purchases by foreign nationals in South Korea since 2015, a government report showed Monday. According to the land ministry report submitted to Rep. Yang Kyung-sook of the main opposition Democratic Party, the number of apartment purchase deals of Chinese nationals [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 380,000 households in South Korea were found to be at high risk of financial default due to excessive debt burdens, a central bank report showed Monday. According to the Bank of Korea (BOK) report submitted to Rep. Kang Joon-hyun of the main opposition Democratic Party, the number of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Korean citizens who have been kidnapped, detained or missing overseas in the recent five years has come to 2,762, an opposition lawmaker said Monday, citing data from the foreign ministry. Rep. Lee Jae-jung of the main opposition Democratic Party said that the number of South [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Close to 25 percent of interns and residents who begin thoracic surgery residency programs fail to complete them, indicating a severe shortage of qualified professionals in essential medical departments, data showed Sunday. The proportion of thoracic surgery residents who leave residencies stood at 24.1 percent as of July, and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases stayed below 20,000 for the second consecutive day Sunday, as the virus wave has subsided in recent weeks. The country reported 17,654 new COVID-19 infections, including 61 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 24,970,789, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases declined to the lowest tally for a Saturday in three months as the country seeks to return to pre-pandemic normalcy. The country reported 19,431 new COVID-19 infections, including 59 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 24,953,135, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Abuse of opioid medications like painkillers, anorectics and anesthetics is spreading among South Korean teens and 20-somethings. Rep. Kang gi-yun of the People Power Party referred to a report from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety showing that there were 61,087 prescriptions for fentanyl patches issued to those [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — As pediatrics and gynecology clinics continue to shut down, certain regions are struggling with the lack of pediatricians and gynecologists, government data showed Thursday. Rep. Song Seog-jun of the People Power Party referred to a report from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, which showed that 16 regions in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases were below 30,000 for the second straight day Friday, as the virus wave continued to show signs of slowing down. The country reported 22,298 new COVID-19 infections, including 54 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 24,933,756, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of teenage drug offenders has almost doubled over the past three years, but drug education has been given to less than 4 percent of students during the same period, a lawmaker said Friday. Teenagers accused of using drugs totaled 309 last year, up from 164 in 2019, [...]