SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent report has revealed that the annual average of foreigners suspected of criminal offenses in South Korea has risen to 36,000. According to data from the National Police Agency presented to the National Assembly during a national audit on Thursday, the number of foreigners arrested for crimes in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — About 36,000 foreigners were arrested on criminal charges annually on average over the past five years, about half of them from China, National Police Agency (NPA) data showed Thursday. A total of 180,162 foreigners were apprehended as suspects in criminal cases from 2018 to 2022, recording an annual average [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Data from the Korea Customs Service reveals a surge in alcohol imports, resulting in a doubled trade deficit in the sector over four years. Imported alcoholic beverages, such as beer and whiskey, reached $1.62 billion in 2022, marking a 54% increase from 2018. Notably, it highlights that exports of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Greenhouse gas emissions by South Korea’s top 15 corporate emitters increased by 9.1 percent last year compared with four years ago, data showed Wednesday. According to the data from the Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Research Center released by Rep. Lee Hack-young of the Democratic Party, the combined greenhouse gas [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Less than one in four suspects indicted for alleged stalking crimes have been sentenced to prison terms, whereas the number of suspended sentences and acquittals increased, data showed Tuesday. Of the 959 people indicted for violating the Stalking Punishment Act last year, only 22.73 percent, or 218 suspects, received [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – A vast majority of Seoul residents engage in recreational activities such as watching videos while they’re traveling to work or school. Most of them think it’s a good way to spend their time, and it’s worth around 5,000 to 9,000 won per hour when you add it up each month. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Korea Bizwire) –Last year, more than 20,000 high school students left school. This increase is linked to the challenges some students face when transitioning from online to in-person classes after COVID-19. It’s also influenced by the emphasis on timely admissions by major universities in Seoul. Data from the Ministry of Education, covering [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) –The number of prisoners taking psychotropic medications while in custody has steadily risen over the past four years, justice ministry data showed Sunday. A total of 5,741 inmates consumed such medications either through prescription or via mail last year, accounting for 10.8 percent of all inmates in correction facilities, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Police received nearly 20,000 reports of stalking crimes over the past two years since the enactment of the anti-stalking law, police data showed Sunday. As of August, police had received a total of 19,394 reports of stalking since the anti-stalking law went into effect in October 2021, according to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) –After 11 years of decreasing, the number of TB (tuberculosis) cases is now going up. This is happening because people are interacting more with each other as the COVID-19 pandemic gets better. For the past 11 years, the number of TB cases has been going down. It was decreasing by [...]