SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Three in four Seoul citizens don’t have any plans to visit their hometowns or travel long distances during the Chuseok holiday due mainly to fears of coronavirus transmission, a poll showed Saturday. In the survey of 849 citizens aged 18 or older, 56.8 percent said they have no plans [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of imported commercial vehicles in South Korea rose 2.3 percent last month from a year earlier on robust sales of Mercedes-Benz trucks, an industry association said Friday. The number of newly registered imported commercial vehicles rose to 318 units in August from 311 a year ago, the Korea [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of new real estate agencies in South Korea fell more than 11 percent in August amid a nationwide tumble in housing transactions, data showed Friday. A total of 1,302 estate agencies newly opened across the nation last month, down 11.3 percent from the previous month, according to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 91 percent of South Korean workers who are working from home amid new coronavirus concerns said they are satisfied with the alternative, a government poll showed Thursday. The survey of 878 workers showed that 60.5 percent were mostly satisfied with working from home, while 30.8 percent said they [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean moviegoers feel less concerned about possible coronavirus infections at cinemas due to tightened social distancing rules, a survey showed Thursday. Three major multiplex chains, CGV, Lotte Cinema and Megabox, conducted a joint poll on 1,746 people who went to cinemas from Sept. 12-13, asking whether they feel [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s wine imports rose more than 9 percent in the first eight months of the year as more people enjoyed drinking at home and alone due to the coronavirus outbreak, data showed Thursday. South Korea imported US$189 million worth of wines in the January-August period, up 9.5 percent [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Almost all of the state coronavirus relief funds that were given out in card form have been spent, and half of the money was spent mostly on dining out and grocery shopping, the interior ministry said Wednesday. The government handed out the relief funds totaling 14.3 trillion won (US$12.27 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 1,000 travel agencies in South Korea have gone out of business in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak that started to hit the country in late January, data showed Wednesday. The number of tour agencies came to 21,671 as of the end of June this year, down 938, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 3 in 10 smaller companies in South Korea think they may not stay afloat for one year or longer due to the impact of the prolonged coronavirus impact, a poll showed Tuesday. The survey of 50 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), taken by the Federation of Korean Industries, [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Cancer remained the top cause of death in South Korea, a government report showed Tuesday. In 2019, a total of 295,110 deaths were reported in South Korea, down 1.2 percent from a year earlier. It marked the first annual decline since 2013. The statistics agency said 574.8 deaths were [...]