SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreign workers in South Korea rebounded this year after two consecutive years of decline as the job market has recovered amid the economic recovery, data showed Tuesday. The number of foreign workers came to 855,000 as of May, up 7,000 or 0.9 percent from the previous [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — In contrast to the public perception that a hike in asset prices would likely to lead to an increase in consumption, household consumption actually declined despite the recent surge in housing prices in Seoul, a study showed Monday. A 1 percent hike in apartment prices led to a decline [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases fell below 6,000 for the first time in six days Monday due partly to less testing over the weekend, but the number of critically ill patients was at almost 1,000. The country added 5,318 more COVID-19 cases, including 5,258 local infections, bringing the cumulative [...]
HWASEONG, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — An extremely premature baby of an American military officer couple has grown healthy enough to be discharged from the hospital and sent to the United States, hospital officials said Monday. The baby weighed only 720 grams when born on Sept. 10, just over 25 weeks into pregnancy, through cesarean [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has revealed a list of people who have failed to pay child support after divorce for the first time. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family unveiled the names of two people on its official website on Sunday who have failed to make child support payments to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Slightly over 70 percent of South Koreans approve of toughened social distancing measures to stem the resurgence of COVID-19, a poll showed Monday. In the poll of 1,000 adults nationwide organized by multiple civic groups, 71.3 percent supported the government’s decision to halt the “living with COVID-19″ scheme this [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of persons employed in the agriculture, forestry and fishery sectors has increased due to the economic hardships caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a report showed Sunday. The monthly average number of people employed in the agriculture, forestry and fishery sectors totaled 1.45 million last year, up 50,000 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases fell below 7,000 for the first time in five days Sunday, but critical cases surged to a record high as the government reimposed restrictions to contain the fast spread of the virus. The country added 6,236 more COVID-19 cases, including 6,173 local infections, bringing [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases stayed above 7,000 for the fourth consecutive day Saturday and critical cases surged to a record high as the government reimposed restrictions to contain the fast spread of the virus. The country added 7,314 more COVID-19 cases, including 7,284 local infections, bringing the cumulative [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases stayed above 7,000 for the third consecutive day Friday, with the country set to restore tight social distancing and other virus curbs to contain the fast spread of the virus. The country added 7,435 more COVID-19 cases, including 7,400 local infections, bringing the cumulative [...]