SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases exceeded 100,000 for the fourth straight day Friday amid a wave of infections driven by a highly infectious omicron variant. The country added 112,901 new COVID-19 infections, including 497 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 20,273,011, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases stayed above 100,000 for the third straight day Thursday amid a fresh wave of infections driven by a highly infectious omicron variant. The country added 107,894 new COVID-19 infections, including 435 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 20,160,154, the Korea Disease Control and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — So-called “adult entertainment detectives,” who provide the service of tracking down men frequenting adult entertainment establishments, are starting to resurface after remaining out of the public eye for the past few years. They work by receiving requests through Telegram, KakaoTalk’s open chat rooms and other social networking channels to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The recent sharp job growth in South Korea was mostly driven by increased employment among youngsters and senior citizens, a central bank report said Thursday. “The economically-active population has exceeded pre-pandemic levels,” the Bank of Korea (BOK) said in the report. “In particular, increased labor supplies by youths and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases rose further on Wednesday amid a fresh wave of infections driven by a highly infectious omicron variant. The country added 119,922 new COVID-19 infections, including 600 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 20,052,305, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. The [...]
YANGYANG, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A large sinkhole opened up at a construction site in the east coast county of Yangyang on Wednesday, causing part of an adjacent building to collapse and forcing 97 people to evacuate, officials said. The 12 meter-by-8 meter sinkhole, which is five meters deep, formed at 6:40 a.m. at [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea saw its total COVID-19 caseload rise above 20 million late Tuesday as a highly infectious omicron variant has fueled a surge of new infections. As of 9 p.m., local governments had reported 115,311 additional cases, bringing the cumulative number to 20,047,750. The nation, with a population of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of households comprised of non-family members like friends or partners is on the rise, data showed Monday. Statistics Korea reported that the number of non-family households nationwide jumped by 11.6 percent in the last 12 months, amounting to 472,660 households. Non-family households are comprised of five people [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Police Agency said Monday it will change the color of all crosswalks within children protection zones from white to yellow for traffic safety. Police explained that it will help drivers easily recognize that they’re entering a children protection zone. The project, led jointly by seven municipal and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Police are investigating a man who drove a motorcycle without a shirt in southern Seoul over the weekend and a woman who was sitting behind him in a bikini, officials said Tuesday. The Seoul Gangnam Police Station is mulling over the possibility of bringing the charge of overexposure against [...]