SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea added jobs for the 19th straight month in September, data showed Friday, but the growth continued to slow for the fourth month in a row amid concerns over a recession. The number of employed people stood at 28.38 million last month, up 707,000 from a year earlier, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign investors turned net sellers of South Korean stocks in September on concerns over aggressive monetary tightening in major economies, central bank data showed Thursday. Foreigners’ stock investment funds logged a net outflow of US$1.65 billion in September, compared with a $3.02 billion net inflow the previous month, according [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of Chinese warships spotted operating in waters under South Korea’s jurisdiction rose to some 260 last year, up from around 220 in the previous year, a ruling party lawmaker said Wednesday. Rep. Lim Byung-heon of the People Power Party (PPP) cited data from the Defense Intelligence Agency [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Stalking and dating violence have steadily increased over the past few years, yet the number of police officers in charge of such crimes has remained unchanged, police data showed Wednesday. According to the National Police Agency data submitted to Rep. Yong Hye-in of the Basic Income Party, 3,621 cases [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. beat its Japanese rivals to top global hydrogen vehicle sales during the January-August period, a market research firm said Tuesday. Hyundai Motor sold 7,410 hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) in global markets in the eight-month period, jumping 26 percent from 5,873 units sold during [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese nationals accounted for over 60 percent of apartment purchases by foreign nationals in South Korea since 2015, a government report showed Monday. According to the land ministry report submitted to Rep. Yang Kyung-sook of the main opposition Democratic Party, the number of apartment purchase deals of Chinese nationals [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Korean citizens who have been kidnapped, detained or missing overseas in the recent five years has come to 2,762, an opposition lawmaker said Monday, citing data from the foreign ministry. Rep. Lee Jae-jung of the main opposition Democratic Party said that the number of South [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Close to 25 percent of interns and residents who begin thoracic surgery residency programs fail to complete them, indicating a severe shortage of qualified professionals in essential medical departments, data showed Sunday. The proportion of thoracic surgery residents who leave residencies stood at 24.1 percent as of July, and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — As pediatrics and gynecology clinics continue to shut down, certain regions are struggling with the lack of pediatricians and gynecologists, government data showed Thursday. Rep. Song Seog-jun of the People Power Party referred to a report from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, which showed that 16 regions in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of farm and fisheries products grew 11.4 percent on-year for the first nine months of this year on solid overseas demand for Korean food, data showed Friday. Outbound shipments of agricultural and fisheries goods came to US$9.11 billion in the January-September period, representing the largest-ever tally [...]