SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Friday it has decided to ease requirements to enter the country amid a downward trend in COVID-19 cases, a move that could boost convenience for inbound travelers. Starting May 23, the government will recognize negative rapid antigen test results for travelers boarding flights to South Korea, [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul citizens choose to move to neighboring Incheon and Gyeonggi Province not just to find cheap, affordable homes but to move to a new, quality residences, a survey showed Thursday. The Seoul Institute conducted a survey of 2,085 residents in Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi Province who had moved in [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Small businesses have seen rising sales after the government has lifted the outdoor mask mandate, data showed Thursday. Fintech firm Korea Credit Data reported that small merchants saw their average sales rise by 7.3 percent in the first week after outdoor mask rules were lifted (May 2 to 8), [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell Thursday after staying above 40,000 for two days amid the government’s efforts to move the country back to pre-pandemic normalcy. The country added 35,906 new COVID-19 infections, including 12 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 17,694,677, according to the Korea Disease [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A video advertisement that talks about Japan’s “swastika” flag will air on YouTube, a project spearheaded by Seo Kyoung-duk, a South Korean professor at Sungshin Women’s University in Seoul. Seo spent personal funds to respond to the Japanese Foreign Ministry’s recent video that claims Japan’s Rising Sun Flag doesn’t [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office dismissed accusations on Wednesday that popular legal counseling application LawTalk and its operator Law & Company Co. violated the Attorney-at-law Act and the Privacy Act. The prosecutors’ office deemed it unreasonable to believe that LawTalk’s method of operation, in which it does not [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The daily number of riders on the Seoul subway system breached the 7 million mark for the first time in 1 1/2 years, data showed Thursday, partly on the back of rollbacks of COVID-19 restrictions. According to the data from Seoul subway operator Seoul Metro, 7,210,000 people rode subway [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean teachers are less satisfied with their jobs with the rate of those who said they would become teachers if they were born again falling sharply, a survey showed Wednesday. According to a survey conducted by the Korean Federation of Teachers Associations of 8,431 teachers at kindergartens, elementary, [...]
MUAN, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Police are reviewing the application of the Serious Accident Punishment Act for a recent case involving the drowning of a golfer in a pond at a golf course. The Jeonnam Provincial Police Agency said it will check if this accident meets the criteria of the Serious Accident Punishment Act [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases stayed above 40,000 for the second straight day Wednesday amid the government’s effort to move the country back to pre-pandemic normalcy. The country added 43,925 new COVID-19 infections, including 37 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 17,658,794, according to the Korea Disease [...]