SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases remained in the 200,000s for the second straight day on Wednesday, as the spread of the omicron variant has slowed down after peaking last month. The country reported 286,294 new COVID-19 infections, including 22 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 14,553,644, the [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The relative poverty rate of South Korean senior citizens has been on the decline, but is still high among member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) amid rapid aging, a report showed Wednesday. The relative poverty rate of South Koreans aged 66 or older came [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — In many cases, the value of child-rearing costs acknowledged by courts was found to be less than half of the amount claimed by parents who filed suits to request payment of child support, data released by a provider of free legal consultation services showed Tuesday. The Korea Legal Aid [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases jumped to over 260,000 on Tuesday as the spread of the omicron variant slowed down after peaking out last month. The country reported 266,135 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total caseload to 14,267,401, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. Tuesday’s tally [...]
BUSAN, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Pusan National University (PNU) on Tuesday made a final decision to nullify the 2015 admission of former Justice Minister Cho Kuk’s daughter into its medical school for using forged documents on the application. The school in the southeastern port city of Busan had tentatively decided in August last year [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases dropped to the lowest tally in six weeks Monday, but there are lingering concerns of another spike over the eased virus curbs. The country reported 127,190 new COVID-19 infections, including 15 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 14,001,406, the Korea Disease Control [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of male victims of digital sex crimes compiled by a state support agency doubled last year from the previous year, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said Monday. The Digital Sexual Crime Victim Support Center extended assistance to 1,843 male victims in 2021, marking a near [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Voters in their 20s and 30s demonstrated different views during the presidential election, which also revealed differences in their views on human rights, the state human rights watchdog said Sunday. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea conducted a nationwide survey of 5,770 people under 30, in which 82.3 [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Restaurants, cafes and other small business owners welcomed the latest relaxation of pandemic-related business restrictions Monday while demanding the complete removal of social distancing and other virus curbs that have been in place for almost two years. South Korea raised the ceiling for private gatherings at multiuse facilities from [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — More than three out of 10 young adults in South Korea start their careers as temporary workers, a report showed Sunday. According to a survey conducted by the National Youth Policy Institute of 2,041 men and women aged between 18-34, 63.9 percent of the respondents said that the continuous [...]