SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A fully-refurbished Gwanghwamun Square, a landmark in central Seoul, will open to the public on Aug. 6, city government officials said Tuesday. The Seoul city government said an opening ceremony will be held with the participation of some 1,000 people. Construction began in November 2020 to expand the square [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The value of unreturned deposits for “jeonse” home rentals is increasing year after year, hitting an all-time high in the first half of this year, data showed Monday. Under South Korea’s decades-old jeonse system, tenants pay a large lump-sum deposit, known as key money, to the landlord, which [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases fell to below 15,000 on Monday due mainly to fewer tests over the weekend amid rising concerns about a recent resurgence in infections. The country added 12,693 new COVID-19 infections, including 180 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 18,524,583, the Korea Disease Control [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Police will launch a monthlong inspection into online instructions for how to make firearms after a handmade gun was used in the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, officials said Monday. The National Police Agency will mobilize some 1,000 honorary cybercrime cops, cybercrime investigators and police officers [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Many young South Koreans are turning to online blogs to write journals. The country’s top internet portal operator, Naver Corp. reported that following the ‘weekly journal-writing challenge’ program that encouraged bloggers to write journal entries every week, the number of new blogs jumped by 14 percent, 80 percent of [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases stayed above 20,000 for the second consecutive day Sunday amid growing concerns about a resurgence in infections nationwide. The country added 20,410 new COVID-19 infections, including 250 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 18,511,845, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases bounced back above 20,000 for the first time in 45 days Saturday, putting authorities on alert over a possible uptick amid the summer vacation season. The country added 20,286 new COVID-19 infections, including 223 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 18,491,435, the Korea [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s health authorities said Friday the country is undergoing a new wave of COVID-19, citing the fast spread of the highly contagious mutation of the omicron strain amid the summer vacation season. The country added 19,323 new COVID-19 infections, including 191 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Cases of theft at unmanned stores jumped last year with the crimes committed primarily by teenagers. S-1 Corp., a security subsidiary of Samsung Group, analyzed big data from unmanned stores between January 2020 to June 2022, which showed that the number of thefts at these stores jumped by 85.7 [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The most frequently used data in the two years since the launch of the public financial data open service was company-related information, a top financial regulator said Thursday. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) said Thursday that a total of 87 application program interfaces (APIs) and more than 1.2 billion data [...]