SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul branch of discount chain E-Mart has sparked controversy after putting up a shark’s carcass for display in a “photo zone” event. The E-Mart Yongsan branch in central Seoul recently showcased a dead shark in the seafood section for a “photo zone” event. Customers who visited the store [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported more than 100,000 new coronavirus cases late Monday amid a resurgence fueled by a highly contagious omicron subvariant. As of 9 p.m., local governments had reported 106,367 additional cases, 2.48 times the number from the same time Sunday. Daily cases are counted until midnight and announced [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A disability advocacy group resumed its rush-hour subway protest campaign Monday calling for a state budget for enhancing disability rights, leaving early morning trains on Subway Line 5 delayed by nearly an hour. Demanding a budget for disability rights, including the right to free movement, dozens of wheelchair-bound activists [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Opposition is growing among teachers and parents alike to the government’s plan to move up the elementary school starting age by one year to 5 starting as early as 2025. Reporting this year’s key policy plans to President Yoon Suk-yeol last week, the education ministry said it will soon [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell below 80,000 for the first time in about a week, but the number of seriously ill patients hit a two-month high amid a virus wave driven by a highly contagious omicron subvariant, according to the nation’s health authorities Sunday. The country added 73,589 [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Apartment transactions in South Korea fell more than 50 percent on-year in the first half of 2022 due mainly to the government’s tough lending curbs and rising interest rates, data showed Sunday. The number of apartments traded nationwide stood at 184,134 units in the January-June period, down 50.6 percent [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases stayed below 90,000 for the third straight day Saturday but were steeply up from a week ago, amid a spike in omicron subvariant infections. The country added 82,002 new COVID-19 infections, including 397 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 19,702,461, the Korea Disease [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases stayed below 90,000 for the second consecutive day Friday but were sharply up from a week ago, in an upward trend in the curve amid a resurgence in the virus. The country added 85,320 new COVID-19 infections, including 439 from overseas, bringing the total [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Increases in the price of housing have a negative impact on the rate of marriage and childbirth, a report showed Thursday. The Korea Institute of Public Finance conducted a survey on employees at public agencies, which showed that a 100 percent rise in housing prices resulted in 0.1 to 0.3 [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell below 90,000 on Thursday, cooling from the steep rise earlier in the week but continuing the worrisome uptrend weighing on efforts to restore normalcy. The country added 88,384 new COVID-19 infections, including 425 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 19,535,242, the Korea [...]