SEOUL, Apr. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s health ministry on Wednesday expressed regret over medical professors’ decision to take a weekly day off starting next week and urged them to engage in dialogue rather than resort to collective action amid the prolonged medical vacuum in the country. On the previous day, an emergency committee [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 8 out of 10 people who filed for bankruptcy in Seoul last year were in their 50s and older, with many of them found to be male and people living alone, data showed Wednesday. Of the 1,361 valid applications filed with the Seoul Financial Welfare Counseling Center [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The Constitutional Court held its first public hearing Tuesday on petitions filed by an adolescents’ group and others against what they called the government’s insufficient response to climate change. The widely watched hearing came four years after the adolescents’ civic group, Youth 4 Climate Action, first lodged a constitutional [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The proportion of young South Koreans working at small and medium-sized businesses has plummeted, statistics show, as a gaping wage divide drives talented graduates to seek jobs at the country’s major conglomerates. Government figures illustrate the stark disparities separating the working conditions at South Korea’s small enterprises from those at [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – A professor at Seoul National University’s College of Music who holds Israeli citizenship was recently referred to prosecutors on charges of damaging posters supporting Palestinian rights on the university’s Gwanak campus in February, according to the police. On April 22, the Gwanak Police Station in Seoul said it had referred [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 22 (Korea Bizwire) –Victims’ groups and environmental advocates marked Earth Day on April 22 by announcing the 1,853rd death linked to toxic humidifier disinfectants, ramping up pressure on companies to compensate those sickened by the products years after a national scandal erupted. At a news conference outside the headquarters of Oxy, a major [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s government announced plans to intensify legal actions and asset investigations targeting employers who fail to pay employees, as wage arrears continued rising this year after hitting record highs in 2023. The Ministry of Employment and Labor said that it has prepared new guidelines to strengthen the handling of [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said Monday the government will not hold discussions on potentially scrapping a plan to boost medical school admissions, renewing a pledge to accomplish medical reform despite a fierce protest by doctors. About 12,000 trainee doctors have left their worksites since Feb. 20 in the walkout [...]
DAEJEON, Apr. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of tenants who changed the door locks and re-entered their former apartments after failing to receive their security deposits were prosecuted for trespassing but were acquitted in both the first and second trials. According to legal insiders, in 2019, 11 residents, including an individual referred to only as [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on April 19 that 1,424 Seoul Dog Patrol teams have begun their activities to safeguard the city’s communities. Starting with just 64 teams in 2022, the dog patrol program saw a surge in participation from citizens, with 1,011 teams across Seoul conducting a total of [...]