SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — About 1 in 20 young people in Seoul live in isolation or seclusion from society due mainly to difficulties in finding a job or mental problems, a survey by the city government showed Wednesday. An estimated 4.5 percent, or about 129,000, of Seoul residents aged between 19-39 were surveyed [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreign workers filing taxes in South Korea for 2021 income fell 7.3 percent from a year earlier, data showed Wednesday, amid the restricted travel following the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 505,000 foreign workers filed a year-end tax settlement for their 2021 income, down from 545,000 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of red-crowned cranes visting Cheorwon Plain in Cheorwon, 88 kilometers northeast of Seoul, has surged in recent years, a study indicated Tuesday. A paper recently published by the Korean Journal of Ornithology showed that the number of red-crowned cranes and white-naped cranes flying over to Cheorwon Plain, [...]
SANCHEONG, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A farming town with populations of less than 40,000 is coming up short in its search for new doctors. Sancheong County in South Gyeongsang Province sought to recruit doctors specializing in internal medicine in November and December last year for its public health clinic, but there haven’t been any [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The agriculture ministry said Tuesday it will introduce the embryos of Jersey cows to boost the production of dairy products using domestically produced milk. Jersey cows, which are nicknamed “brown milk cows,” produce small amounts of milk but with high protein and fat content, offering advantages in the production [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Major South Korean companies spent more than 5 trillion won (US$4.04 billion) in 2022 to help cut air pollution and promote workplace safety as part of their so-called environment, social and governance (ESG) management, a report said Wednesday. The country’s top 100 firms by sales invested 5.44 trillion won [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Bills and coins that the South Korean central bank discarded due to damage grew 2.3 percent in 2022 as increased banknotes were redeemed amid high interest rates, data showed Tuesday. A total of 412.68 million damaged bills and coins were taken out of circulation last year, down from 403.52 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. beef accounted for more than 50 percent of South Korea’s total imports of the meat in 2022, taking up the top spot for six years, industry data showed Tuesday. Asia’s fourth-largest economy imported 256,910 tons of American beef last year, or 54.1 percent of its total beef imports [...]
JEJU, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Fewer people are expected to travel to the southern resort island of Jeju over the Lunar New Year holiday compared to years prior, the Jeju Tourism Organization said Monday. The tourism organization expects that some 188,000 people will travel to Jeju between Jan. 20-24 by air or sea, down [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s second-biggest carrier, said Monday it has returned all passenger aircraft once used as cargo planes during the pandemic to their original state. The company completed the remodeling of the aircraft ahead of the reopening of international flight routes in recent months. The company converted [...]