Ten trailblazing organizations from the Global South to receive over $14 million for digital inclusion efforts Washington, D.C., Nov. 18, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – The Women in the Digital Economy Fund (WiDEF) is proud to announce the awardees of its first round of funding. Ten organizations, spanning eight countries across East Africa, West Africa, South [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – As South Korea grapples with an unprecedented pace of population aging, coupled with trends towards longer life spans with chronic illnesses and an increase in single-person households, the need for individuals to prepare for their own elder care is becoming increasingly urgent. On September 12, the Korea Life Insurance Association [...]
NEW YORK, N.Y., March 12, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – The Women in the Digital Economy Fund (WiDEF), a five-year $60.5 million investment to accelerate progress on closing the global gender digital divide, announces its first call for applications with recorded remarks from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power. Founded by USAID and the [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study showed that male cancer patients tend to rely more on their spouses than women. A research team co-led by Prof. Shin Dong-uk from Samsung Medical Center conducted a survey of 439 cancer patients who received treatment at 11 medical centers in South Korea. The average age [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of civic groups filed a complaint Friday asking for a police investigation into mounting suspicions that a high-profile animal rights activist has secretly been exterminating stray pets with drugs in her shelter and misusing donations. They accuse Park So-yeon, chief executive of Care, of euthanizing more than [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Controversy is mounting over allegations that a local animal shelter has ruthlessly been putting its animals to sleep, sparking calls for an overhaul of the animal protection system and stringent measures against animal abuse. A former employee of Care, one of the largest animal shelters in South Korea, blew [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Animal rights group CARE revealed yesterday that a local court has found guilty a defendant accused of “killing an animal without reasonable cause.” The defendant killed the dog for the purpose of producing dog meat for consumption. According to CARE, the dog farm owner in Bucheon was prosecuted for [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — CARE, a local animal rights advocacy group, revealed yesterday that it has initiated “pet etiquette” classes at primary schools as part of efforts to cultivate a healthy pet culture in South Korean society. CARE dispatched a team composed of two expert lecturers and one rescue dog to each 4th [...]
An animal rights group has launched a campaign to combat prejudice against dark dogs in South Korea. SEOUL, Apr. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Animal advocacy group Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth, known as CARE, uploaded a YouTube video highlighting the prejudice facing darker dogs, as part of its Black Dog Campaign. The four-and-a-half-minute long video produced [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government is under fire after introducing arbitrary standards for a new dog muzzle law focusing primarily on large dogs, a move that animal rights activists have described as ‘illogical’. Under the animal law, which will enter effect next month, dogs must be kept on a leash shorter [...]