SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly 2,500 cases of prohibited items, including live ammunition and Tasers, have been detected during security checks at South Korean airports over the past 4 1/2 years, data showed Sunday. The Korea Airports Corp., which operates 14 international and domestic airports nationwide, and the Incheon International Airport Corp., the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Men accounted for one-third of employees who took child care leave in the first half of this year, marking the first time the male proportion has surpassed 30 percent, labor data showed Sunday. A total of 69,631 employees received their first child care leave allowance from the national employment [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of senior citizens engaged in economic activities reached an all-time high this year, data showed Tuesday. Of the country’s 15.98 million people aged 55-79, 60.6 percent were economically active as of May, up 0.4 percentage point from a year earlier, according to the data compiled by Statistics [...]
SEOUL, July 20(Korea Bizwire) – The number of international passengers traveling via Incheon International Airport has leaped nearly 40 percent in the first half of 2024 from a year earlier, the airport’s operator said Friday. A total of around 34 million passengers traveled on international flights at Incheon International Airport in the first half, up [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of foreign visitors to the National Museum of Korea hit a record high of 94,951 in the first half of this year, museum officials said Wednesday. The figure represents a 34.5 percent increase from 70,585 a year ago and a 55.6 percent rise from pre-pandemic levels in [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean consumers show the highest enthusiasm for using artificial intelligence (AI) technology on mobile devices, according to a study released by Samsung Electronics on July 11. The findings were unveiled at the “Salon de AI,” a Galaxy AI media forum held in Paris, following the company’s Galaxy product launch [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly 60 percent of North Korean defectors believe there is a need to change the legal term describing them, citing persistent negative perceptions associated with it, according to a survey released on Friday. The survey was conducted by the Korea Institute for National Unification, a state-run think tank, ahead [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The population aged 65 or older has surpassed 10 million, accounting for 19.5 percent of the total officially registered population, the interior ministry said Thursday. The population of those aged 65 or over reached 10,000,062 as of Wednesday, out of a total population of nearly 51.27 million, according to [...]
BUSAN, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – For the second consecutive year, Busan has secured the sixth position among Asian cities in the “Global Liveability Index 2024″ report, published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a British economic analysis firm. According to Busan city officials on July 3, the EIU annually evaluates and ranks major global cities [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey by a civic group has revealed that only 1 in 10 victims of workplace bullying in South Korea report the incidents to their company, labor union, or the Ministry of Employment and Labor. The findings come as the amended Labor Standards Act, which prohibits workplace bullying, approaches [...]