SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily coronavirus cases were on course for a fresh high Wednesday amid the fast spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant, according to health officials Tuesday. As of 9 p.m., the country had reported 40,944 new COVID-19 cases, sharply up 9,167 from the same time the previous [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The recent suicide deaths of a male professional volleyball player bullied online for years for his feminine appearance and a YouTuber accused of misandry have rekindled calls for tougher punishment for cyberbullying and malicious online comments. Kim In-hyeok, the 27-year-old volleyball player, was found dead in an apparent suicide [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Hate crimes are on the rise in South Korea following the coronavirus outbreak, a study showed Monday. A paper recently published in the Korean Journal of Public Safety and Criminal Justice analyzed 31 hate crimes that occurred between 2006 and December 2019 and 39 hate crimes that occurred between [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Earned income taxes and social insurance contributions that are withheld at source rose faster than worker wages during the period from 2016 to 2021, a research institute said. According to an analysis of data from the Ministry of Employment and Labor by the Korea Economic Research Institute (KERI), the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily coronavirus cases are likely to hit a record high amid the fast spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant, health officials said Monday. As of 9 p.m., the country had reported 31,777 new COVID-19 cases, up 4,067 from the same time the previous day, according to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Twenty-nine Afghan evacuees airlifted to South Korea last year have been hired by a subcontractor of the shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., leading to their departure Monday from the government-provided temporary residence, officials said. The newly hired and their family members, totaling 157 people from 29 households, will move [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The suicide rate among young South Koreans in their 20s marked a sharp increase last year compared to the figure recorded in 2016. The number of suicides among young people between the ages of 21 and 30 stood at 1,501 in 2020, up 32 percent from 1,137 in 2016, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily virus cases hit another high Sunday, exceeding 38,000, as the highly transmissible omicron variant rages across the country following a holiday season. The country reported 38,691 new COVID-19 infections, including 38,502 local cases, raising the total to 1,009,688, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The proportion of apartments bought by people in their 30s or younger reached an all-time high last year amid “panic buying” over soaring housing prices, data showed Sunday. The buyers of this age group accounted for 31 percent of the country’s total apartment sales in 2021, up from 29.2 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily virus cases exceeded 30,000 for the first time to hit another all-time high of over 36,000 on Saturday amid fast spread of the omicron variant after a holiday season. The country reported 36,362 new COVID-19 infections, including 36,162 local cases, raising the total to 971,018, according [...]