SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily coronavirus cases fell below 300,000 on Friday after spiking to a record high two days earlier, but deaths hit a fresh high amid the omicron surge. The country reported 282,987 new COVID-19 infections, including 282,880 local cases, raising the total caseload to 5,822,626, according to the [...]
SEOUL, March. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The ongoing wildfires in east coastal mountain areas have so far burned nearly 24,000 hectares of woodland since they started a week ago, becoming the country’s most devastating on record, a government agency said Friday. The blaze that started in the east coastal town of Uljin last Friday, about [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea confirmed more than 300,000 coronavirus cases for the second consecutive day Thursday as the dominant omicron variant of the coronavirus continued to spur new outbreaks nationwide. The country reported 327,549 new COVID-19 infections, including 327,490 local cases, raising the total caseload to 5,539,650, according to the Korea [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean military enthusiasts have stepped up to help Ukraine. The enthusiasts have begun donating combat uniforms, helmets and combat boots, as seen on Twitter and other social media platforms. The Ukrainian Embassy in Seoul did not make any public requests for donations of military equipment. However, the embassy [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases soared to hit a fresh record high of more than 340,000 Wednesday while voters went to the polls to pick a new president amid the fast spread of the omicron variant. The country reported 342,446 new COVID-19 infections, including 342,388 local cases, raising the [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean wage workers retire at an average of 49.3 years old, more than half of whom are forced to opt for early retirement, a report said Tuesday. Mirae Asset Investment and Pension Center said that according to Statistics Korea reports, the average age of retirement among those between [...]
GWANGJU, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Single men and women have different reasons for having second thoughts about marriage, a survey showed Tuesday. The Gwangju Foundation for Women and Family conducted a survey of 1,614 single men and women living in the southwestern city of Gwangju between the ages of 20 and 39, in which [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s elderly poverty rate, which was once the highest among Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries, has slipped to the 30 percent level for the first time. According to Statistics Korea, the nation’s elderly poverty rate for those aged 65 or older on the basis [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Severe and critical cases of COVID-19 in South Korea hit a two-month high Tuesday as the highly contagious omicron variant continued to spread rapidly across the country and fuel new outbreaks. The country reported 202,721 new COVID-19 infections, including 202,647 local cases, raising the total caseload to 4,869,691, according [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government is taking administrative steps to revoke the passport of a Navy SEAL-turned-YouTuber for his unauthorized entry to Ukraine and it is also seeking criminal punishment against him, a related ministry said Tuesday. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rhee Ken, a former Korean Navy [...]