SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Civic activists have presented a petition to the National Human Rights Commission, claiming that the Supreme Court is damaging the human rights of sexual violence victims by delaying sentences on sexual violence offenders unnecessarily. “The endless delay in the Supreme Court’s sentencing without specific reason is nothing but infringing the personal [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A large number of high-priced apartment transactions using legally dubious methods have been uncovered. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said Wednesday it had investigated transactions of high-priced apartments with a value of more than 900 million won (US$747,630) made during the period from March 2020 to June [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily coronavirus cases surpassed 200,000 for the first time Wednesday as the highly transmissible omicron variant continues its frenetic spread across the nation. The surge came after the government temporarily suspended the enforcement of the vaccine pass system Tuesday, citing the lack of staff handling the pandemic. [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Restaurant owners recognize the fact that plastic is both costly and bad for the environment, but the lack of an alternative leaves them with no choice but to use it, a survey showed Tuesday. The Korea Foodservice Industry Research Institute conducted a survey of 150 restaurant owners, 73.8 percent [...]
SEJONG, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The average income of singers and actors declined but that of athletes increased in 2020 in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Tuesday. The combined income of the nation’s 8,068 singers who reported business income in 2020 totaled 261.7 billion won (US$217 million), with an average per-capita [...]
SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday surpassed the grim milestone of 200,000 for the first time amid the fast spread of the omicron variant. According to health authorities and local governments, a total of 204,960 cases had been confirmed nationwide as of 9 p.m., up 71,043 from the [...]
SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The share of first children among the babies born in recent days turned out to be very high, primarily due to the growing trend of raising only one child. The share of first children among the babies born in the fourth quarter of last year stood at 58.8 percent, [...]
SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The COVID-19 pandemic has made this year’s winter colder and harsher, particularly for the energy-poor households in South Korea who need to endure the winter’s cold with coal briquettes. Coal briquette donations plunged this year, and the number of volunteers participating in coal briquette sharing activities declined primarily due [...]
SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Individuals’ property investment decisions are influenced more by their desire to jump on the bandwagon than their personal risk-taking propensity, a study showed Monday. The Institute for Social Development and Policy Research at Seoul National University conducted a survey of 1,200 Seoul citizens and evaluated their responses using a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases fell below 140,000 on Monday, but virus-related deaths soared to a record high, as the government suspended the enforcement of the vaccine pass system as part of efforts to free up resources and focus more on treating seriously ill patients. The country reported 139,626 [...]