SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily coronavirus cases jumped to over 7,000 for the first time in a month on Saturday amid the fast spread of the omicron variant. The country added 7,009 new COVID-19 infections, including 6,729 local infections, raising the total caseload to 726,274, according to the Korea Disease Control [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Japanese Embassy in Seoul has refused to accept South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s Lunar New Year gift, claiming the gift’s box bears an image of South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo, Japanese news reports said Saturday. South Korea’s presidential office Cheong Wa Dae had sent a gift box [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily coronavirus cases stayed over 6,000 for a second straight day Friday amid concerns over the spread of the omicron variant ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. The country added 6,769 new COVID-19 infections, including 6,482 local infections, raising the total caseload to 719,269, according to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Women living alone tend to remain alone longer than their male counterparts, allocating a significant amount of time to self-management and resting. The Korea Women’s Development Institute, based on an analysis of a 2019 study conducted by Statistics Korea, reported that women living alone sleep for an average of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Public voices are growing in support of a ‘post-construction sale system’ after fraudulent construction was pointed out as the cause of the partial apartment building collapse in Gwangju last week. Major online real estate communities have recently been flooded with a large number of comments supporting the introduction of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily coronavirus cases jumped to over 6,000 for the first time in 27 days Thursday amid growing worries over the spread of the omicron virus variant ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. The country added 6,603 new COVID-19 infections, including 6,357 local infections, raising the total [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has more room for improving productivity with a wider use of working from home, given its high internet connectivity and long commuting time caused by chronic traffic jams, a central bank report showed Thursday. According to the report by the Bank of Korea (BOK), the number of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily coronavirus cases jumped to over 5,000 for the first time in 20 days Wednesday amid growing concerns over the spread of the omicron virus variant ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. The country added 5,805 new COVID-19 infections, including 5,431 local infections, raising the total [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of fake South Korean banknotes touched a record low in 2021 due largely to the coronavirus pandemic, the central bank said Wednesday. The number of counterfeit banknotes found in Asia’s fourth-largest economy stood at 176 last year, down 96 from a year earlier, according to the Bank [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — As online-based industries such as the metaverse are enjoying rising popularity, South Korean middle and high school students are developing stronger preferences for software developer as their dream job. According to a survey conducted jointly by the Ministry of Education and the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and [...]