SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — 6 out of 10 young Koreans have experienced an “open run” — a Korean term for the sprint to get into a store or other type of business to buy or sign up for the products or services of their choice, a poll showed Tuesday. Lotte Members, the membership [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of subway police officers is on a declining trend despite a steady increase in subway crimes, data showed Tuesday. There were 2,946 crimes that occurred at subway stations across the country in 2021, up 3.8 percent from the figure recorded in 2016, according to the National Police [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday bounced back to nearly 40,000 from a two-month low amid concerns over a “twindemic” of coronavirus and seasonal influenza. The country reported 39,425 new COVID-19 infections, including 308 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 24,673,663, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A total of 1,860 cases of digital sex crimes have occurred in elementary, middle and high schools nationwide over the past five years, government data showed Tuesday. Of them, 218 happened in 2018, 464 in 2019, 427 in 2020, 461 in 2021 and 290 as of August 2022, according [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of deaths in South Korea hit an all-time high last year due largely to rapid aging and the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, data showed Tuesday. A total of 317,680 people died in the country last year, up 12,732 people, or 4.2 percent, from the previous year, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Accidents and deaths caused by electric scooters and other personal mobility vehicles have increased dramatically over the last five years, data showed Monday. Rep. Oh Yeong-hwan of the Democratic Party referred to a report submitted by the Korea Road Traffic Authority indicating that the number of accidents caused by [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Monday was the first day without outdoor mask mandates in 17 months, and people at parks and tourist destinations were seen enjoying the autumn breeze without their masks on. At the Everland theme park in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, many people were seen without masks, lining up in front of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Dobong District Office in Seoul has announced the launch of a help service for single-person households looking for jeonse (long-term deposit rental system) or weolse (monthly rent) apartments, as part of efforts to address their difficulty in finding a stable place to live. To help single-person households, including [...]
INCHEON, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The western port city of Incheon will start operating a new digital signboard system to inform bus drivers whether passengers are waiting at bus stops from late this month. If passengers push a button installed at bus stops, the digital signboard displays a notice text saying ‘passengers are on [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Small owner-operated businesses are facing a crisis after relying on loans to survive the pandemic. South Korean credit service provider NICE Information Service reported that loans for sole proprietorships exceeded 688 trillion won (US$480 billion) as of late June this year, which was 8 percent more than late last [...]