SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans believe that a good company strives to prevent various hazards and accidents at the workplace, a survey showed Monday. The Center for Social Value Enhancement Studies, a SK Group-affiliated research institute, conducted a survey of 7,800 South Koreans, 72.5 percent of whom were likely to choose ‘prevention [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily coronavirus cases stayed above 200,000 for the fourth consecutive day and critical cases rose to near 1,000 Monday, as the highly contagious omicron variant continued to fuel a surge in infections. The country reported 210,716 new COVID-19 infections, including 210,628 local cases, raising the total caseload [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Ukraine’s top envoy to Seoul said Monday his office has raised over US$3 million in donations from South Korea to support Ukrainian efforts in the war against Russia. “We will send some of the donated money directly to the National Bank of Ukraine and use some to buy and [...]
GWANGJU, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of registered surviving South Korean victims of wartime forced labor in Japan decreased by 585 for the past year, data showed Monday. A civic group unveiled government statistics on medical assistance provided to people who were conscripted to work in Japan during World War II. The data [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of South Koreans have reportedly volunteered to join Ukraine’s military to fight against Russia’s invasion. The Ukrainian Embassy in South Korea said it is receiving numerous calls about joining the war in Ukraine, most of which turned out to be from South Korean nationals. “We’ve been notifying qualified [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Female workers account for nearly a quarter of all employees with major South Korean companies, with their pay amounting to nearly 70 percent of that for male counterparts, data showed Monday. The country’s 150 key companies hired about 199,700 women workers as of end-2020, or 24 percent of their [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Rhee Keun, a former Navy special warfare officer who recently gained huge popularity through the reality show “Fake Men” on YouTube, claimed Monday his team has arrived in Ukraine to join the war against Russia as volunteer soldiers. “Our team safely arrived in Ukraine,” the former lieutenant also known [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The jobs that are least popular among university students are the ones that do not keep regular working hours, a survey showed Sunday. The Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training conducted a survey of 8,353 juniors at universities nationwide to gain insight into their job preferences. The [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily coronavirus cases stayed above 240,000 for the third consecutive day Sunday amid the fast spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant. The country reported 243,628 new COVID-19 infections, including 243,540 local cases, raising the total caseload to 4,456,264, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in on Sunday designated the eastern coastal area that has been ravaged by a massive wildfire as a special disaster zone, and vowed swift government support for the victims, his office said. The move came hours after Moon met with displaced people at a makeshift shelter in [...]