SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreigners living in and out of South Korea competed in an offline Korean speaking contest that was held for the first time in three years at Kyunghee University on Thursday. A total of 16 finalists from 14 different countries participated in the 24th World Korean Language Speech Contest for [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite an improving supply of semiconductors, delivery delays for new automobiles are now worse than they were last year. Getcha, an online car sales platform, said deliveries of Hyundai Motor Co.’s Avante Grandeur sedans had been delayed by 10 months and seven months, respectively. In October of last year, [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of teenage drug offenders has almost doubled over the past three years, but drug education has been given to less than 4 percent of students during the same period, a lawmaker said Friday. Teenagers accused of using drugs totaled 309 last year, up from 164 in 2019, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — About half of 5G base stations in South Korea are concentrated in the greater Seoul area, while some other regions are lacking in the number of such stations, data showed Thursday. About 44 percent of the nation’s 5G wireless base stations in the general-purpose 3.5-gigahertz (GHz) frequency band are [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Chilgok County Mayor Kim Jae-wook on Wednesday posted a photo of a fallen hero of the 1950-53 Korean War on social media, moving the hearts of many. The deceased soldier in the photo was found crouching after being shot. The soldier’s boots were still in good condition. The soldier [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean veterans who fought against North Korea under the U.N. flag in the 1950-53 Korean War will be buried at Seoul National Cemetery and Daejeon National Cemetery. The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs announced Wednesday that it will amend the National Cemetery Act. The current law stipulates [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of imported vehicles in South Korea rose 17 percent last month from a year earlier despite the extended chip shortage, an industry association said Thursday. The number of newly registered foreign vehicles stood at 23,928 units last month, up from 20,406 units a year ago, the Korea Automobile [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Phishing scams in South Korea have caused more than 1.76 trillion won (US$1.24 billion) in damage over the past five years, with less than 30 percent of the stolen money being retrieved, government data showed Thursday. Phishing is a process in which victims are conned into sharing their personal [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of new cars registered last month in South Korea was higher than a year ago thanks to the easing of the disruption in automobile chip supplies. According to CarIsYou Data Research Center, 141,640 new cars were registered in September, up 17.9 percent year on year and 6 [...]