INCHEON, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A beautiful event is going viral in which a group of citizens voluntarily worked together to remove liquor bottles that fell on the road from a truck. Last Monday afternoon, dozens of soju (distilled liquor) boxes loaded in a 1-ton truck fell on the road when the truck turned [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Most citizens on the streets of Seoul walked around with their face masks on despite the lifting of the outdoor mask mandate Monday, as many were still wary of the virus or felt awkward about going maskless or found it cumbersome to put the mask back on when going [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — More South Korean people dined out and visited outlets and parks over the weekend, although the country has been preaching a strict social distancing campaign to curb the outbreak of the new coronavirus, data showed on Monday. According to mobile big data collected by health authorities, people’s movement rose [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean citizens hailed President Moon Jae-in’s visit to Pyongyang on Tuesday, pinning hopes for progress in nuclear talks and inter-Korean reconciliation on the planned summit between Moon and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Many citizens were glued to a television in the waiting area of Seoul Station at [...]
SEOUL, Jan.18 (Korea Bizwire) – With volunteer work increasingly arranged by citizens instead of government organizations, a change seems to be occurring in the concept of what ‘volunteering’ actually means. The Seoul Volunteer Center announced that it will start its ‘Strength of Citizens’ campaign, in which citizens suggest volunteer projects and gather participants for volunteer [...]