DAEJEON, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — People have continued to cherish the memory of Pporongi, the puma that was shot and killed after escaping from Daejeon O-World. A framed photo of the puma alongside a bouquet of artificial white chrysanthemums and commemorative messages were found at the entrance to the zoo yesterday. The items were [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Following survey results released by the Japanese government claiming that costs for telecom services in Seoul were the second-highest among six of the world’s major metropolises, members of the local telecom industry have refuted the claim, stating that the subject of comparison and survey methodology were inadequate. According to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A newly proposed law is expected to have operators of large officetels audited every year. In South Korea, an officetel is a multi-use property that contains both residential and commercial units. Yesterday, the Ministry of Justice made an advance legislation notice regarding officetels to be implemented tomorrow. The law [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) is said to be at odds with the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) regarding the former’s plan to “provide housing to bring stability to home prices in the Seoul metropolitan area,” expected to be announced tomorrow. It is yet unclear if the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Kim Nam-soon recently got a job at Bukchon Hanok Village in downtown Seoul. Her duty is to maintain order in the village filled with traditional Korean houses, or “hanok,” when tourists flood through the narrow alleys. No yelling, no fly-tipping and no photos of residents without their permission. Apparently [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government will supply 300,000 public homes starting in 2021 in a move to stabilize the overheated real estate market, the land ministry said Friday. The government will complete the purchase of properties needed to build the public houses in Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi Province by the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The financial regulator said Friday it will give preliminary approval next year for two groups to launch Internet-only banks, as the government aims to reinvigorate the banking industry. Choi Jong-ku, chairman of the Financial Services Commission (FSC), made the remarks a day after the National Assembly passed a bill [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — After the death of Pporongi, a puma that had called a zoo in Daejeon its home before being shot and killed after escaping from its cage, public sentiment is highly negative due to the nature of how officials tried to handle the situation. As many start to question whether [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The San Francisco Comfort Women Memorial in the city center of San Francisco will mark its first anniversary on September 22. The Korean American Forum of California, an organization that was instrumental in having the statue erected, said it is expected to coordinate a march from Saint Mary’s Square [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Singapore Korean International School has chosen to install Samsung Flip, an interactive whiteboard developed by Samsung Electronics, in its classrooms. According to Samsung Electronics, the school decided to adopt the Flip because of its capacity to connect education information with smartphone devices, allowing for improved communications between students and [...]