SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Independence fighter groups and opposition party lawmakers boycotted the government’s Liberation Day ceremony Thursday to separately commemorate the holiday in protest over the appointment of the new head of a national independence museum. The Heritage of Korean Independence (HKI), a state-funded association of independence fighters and their descendants, held [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – A seemingly innocuous car sticker distributed by Seoul National University (SNU) to parents of its students has ignited a heated online debate, highlighting the tensions surrounding South Korea’s deeply entrenched academic hierarchy. The stickers, emblazoned with phrases like “PROUD PARENT” and “SNU Family” alongside the university’s logo, have been criticized [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) –Lee Yong-soo, an outspoken South Korean victim of Japan’s wartime military sexual slavery, urged the government on Wednesday to proactively intervene in securing compensation from Japan. The 96-year-old victim made the call in an interview with Yonhap News Agency during an event marking the memorial day for victims of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A groundbreaking analysis of microplastics in Seoul’s urban atmosphere has revealed that polyethylene (PE), commonly used in packaging materials and containers, is the most prevalent type of airborne plastic pollution. On August 13, the Seoul Research Institute of Public Health and Environment announced the results of its pioneering study on [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Nine state-run medical schools have requested an increase of over 2,000 faculty members over the next six years to meet their expanded student admission quotas, far exceeding the government’s plan for an increase of 1,000, an analysis showed Wednesday. The nine medical schools said they need a combined 2,363 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A total of 21 people have died from heat-related illnesses so far this year as one of the most severe heat waves continues across the nation, officials said Wednesday. The death toll related to heat-related illnesses, recorded from May 20 to Monday, rose to 21, data from the interior [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of COVID-19 child patients in South Korea jumped this month, as the nation saw a surge in cases amid a summer wave, hospital data showed Wednesday. At 42 pediatric hospitals, there were 1,080 child patients with COVID-19 on Aug. 5-9, compared with 387 child patients on July [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea added more than 100,000 jobs for the first time in three months in July, but jobs in the construction sector fell by the most in 11 years amid a slowdown in the industry, data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people came to 28.86 million last month, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong on Wednesday pledged to take stern measures against attempts to obstruct junior doctors’ return to hospitals. Cho’s remarks came as lists of junior doctors who decided to return to work were circulating online, with the police conducting an investigation upon the request of the ministry. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – In a move to strengthen international cooperation in law enforcement, South Korea is set to share its advanced police dog training system with Mongolia. On August 13, the Korean National Police Agency’s Human Resources Development Institute announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Mongolia’s Border Protection Agency. [...]