SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — About 300,000 delivery platform workers have formed their own labor union. The delivery platform workers affiliated with the Korean Federation of Service Workers’ Union held a press conference in Seoul on Tuesday and launched the Delivery Platform Labor Union (tentative name). The new union members claimed that accidents involving [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily coronavirus cases climbed back above 4,000 on Tuesday as health authorities remain vigilant over a possible upsurge in infections and the spread of the omicron variant ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. The country added 4,072 new COVID-19 infections, including 3,763 local infections, raising the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Lottery sales in South Korea rose 10.3 percent on-year to reach an all-time high last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, data showed Tuesday. Sales of lottery tickets stood at 5.98 trillion won (US$5.02 billion) in 2021, compared with 5.42 trillion won the previous year, according to the data from [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily coronavirus cases fell below 4,000 for the first time in a week Monday, but health authorities remained vigilant over a possible resurgence due to the fast spread of the omicron variant amid partially eased antivirus curbs. The country added 3,859 new COVID-19 infections, including 3,551 local [...]
BUSAN, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Drones are being abused to infringe upon the privacy of others. The Busan District Court Eastern Branch sentenced a 39-year-old man to eight months in prison last week for a sexual offense. The defendant was accused of flying a drone from an apartment in the southern port city of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Complaints have been mounting among owners of cafes and restaurants after the government decided Monday to keep COVID-19 vaccine pass requirements on eateries while suspending its enforcement at other multiuse facilities. The government decided to halt vaccine pass requirements at department stores, supermarkets, cram schools and theaters across the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has allowed a convicted conscientious objector to replace his military service duty with an alternative service for the first time, a decision suggesting a softening of the government’s stance on the issue. Jeong Wook, who was sentenced to a one-year jail term for draft dodging and served [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to start a trial of an artificial intelligence (AI) phone call service to say hello to about 300 middle-aged individuals living alone in Seoul within the first half of this year. The service will use an AI program designed to make phone calls to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily coronavirus cases stayed above 4,000 for the fifth straight day Sunday as health authorities remain vigilant over a possible upsurge in infections and the spread of the omicron variant ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday. The country added 4,194 new COVID-19 infections, including 3,813 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Four out of 10 self-employed people in South Korea are considering closing their businesses due to sluggish sales amid the long-enforced strict social distancing rules during the coronavirus pandemic, a survey showed Sunday. According to the survey of 500 people operating restaurants, retail and other service businesses by the [...]