BUSAN, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Nursing assistants working at hospitals and clinics in the southeastern port city of Busan are suffering from poor working conditions, as they have to take personal leave to quarantine for COVID-19. Nursing assistants, in general, serve as assistants in patient care and diagnosis following the instructions of doctors or [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Korean and foreign migrants fell to the lowest level in 18 years last year as the COVID-19 pandemic restricted cross-border movements by people, data showed Thursday. The number of international migrants, referring to those who stay for more than 90 days here, declined 347,000, or [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported job additions for the 16th consecutive month in June, but the pace of job growth slowed from a month earlier amid heightened economic uncertainty, data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people came to 28.49 million last month, up 841,000 from a year earlier, according to [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in South Korea hit an all-time high last year, with the atmospheric methane level also registering a sharp increase, a meteorological institute said Tuesday. The CO2 level in the air, measured from the country’s longest-running observation station on Anmyeon Island, 124 kilometers [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The value of unreturned deposits for “jeonse” home rentals is increasing year after year, hitting an all-time high in the first half of this year, data showed Monday. Under South Korea’s decades-old jeonse system, tenants pay a large lump-sum deposit, known as key money, to the landlord, which [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Eco-friendly vehicles accounted for more than 30 percent of South Korea’s total car exports in the first five months of the year on strong overseas demand and the debut of two major electric vehicles made by local automakers in the U.S. market, data showed Monday. The value of exported [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s electricity transaction volume touched a new all-time high in the first half of the year due to eased social distancing restrictions and an early heat wave, data showed Monday. The volume of power traded in Asia’s fourth-largest economy stood at 269,432 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in the January-June period, [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The sales of green cars, such as electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, jumped more than 40 percent in South Korea in the first half of this year from a year earlier, industry data showed Sunday, reflecting the growing popularity of electrified vehicles in the country. The number of green [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s art market continued its upbeat mode in the first half of this year despite an economic slowdown, industry data showed Thursday. The total sales of artworks in Korea reached an estimated 532.9 billion won (US$410.1 million) in the first six months of 2022, according to data by [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s cosmetic exports posted a record-high amount, surpassing the 10 trillion-won mark for the first time in history, data showed Thursday. According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, South Korea’s cosmetic exports grew 21.3 percent from the previous year and reached 10.5 trillion won (US$8.1 billion). [...]