SEJONG, Jun. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of one-person households continued to rise last year amid the country’s low birth rate and rapidly aging population, government data showed on Thursday. According to the data compiled by Statistics Korea, the number of single-person households reached 5.61 million as of October last year, up 179,000 or [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — As an increasing number of residents of Jeju Island have voiced concerns regarding their safety and the possible costs associated with the recent influx of Yemeni refugees coming to the island by taking advantage of a visa-free policy, the government has set out to actively relieve the buildup of [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The trend of a decreasing number of court auctions recently made a turnaround for the first time in four years. Experts say the sudden rise in properties available at court auctions is the result of more housing becoming available in addition to the extended economic downturn. However, the growing [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A new survey has revealed that Koreans rank last in the level of trust in their local news. According to the “Digital News Report 2018” from Oxford University’s Reuters Institute, the average level of trust in the media by Koreans was surveyed at 25 percent, which was good for [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Animal rights group CARE revealed yesterday that a local court has found guilty a defendant accused of “killing an animal without reasonable cause.” The defendant killed the dog for the purpose of producing dog meat for consumption. According to CARE, the dog farm owner in Bucheon was prosecuted for [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Fans of BTS are flocking to the city of Jecheon in North Chungcheong Province to view its airfield, which featured prominently in one of the boyband’s music videos. As more people show interest in Mosan Airfield, Jecheon city officials have linked the music video in question to the city’s [...]
SEJONG, Jun. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Sejong City saw thousands of bees swarm one of its streets for more than an hour before a passing beekeeper could lure them back into the beehive. According to the Sejong Fire Department, a caller to the emergency hotline (119) reported the swarm of bees at an intersection in [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp. said Thursday it will release a new fan equipped with the Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology under cooperation with Shinil Industrial Co., a local appliance manufacturer. LG Uplus said the new IoT fan will connect to its “IoT@home” application, allowing users to easily activate and control the product. [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean discount store chain operators said Thursday that they have increased their numbers of cashierless counters in an apparent move to cut costs and queuing times. E-Mart Inc., the country’s largest big-box chain operator, first adopted the system in January and said the number of stores with unmanned [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — In an attempt to stop the spread of secondhand smoke, the local government office of Gangnam-gu in Seoul has announced today that it is cracking down on people smoking in the streets. Gangnam-gu also said it was strengthening efforts to publicize the harms of smoking. Currently, there are a [...]