BUSAN, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A Japanese civic group has held an event in South Korea for the 20th consecutive year as part of efforts to express remorse for Japan’s invasion of the Korean Peninsula, the group operating in Japan’s southwestern region of Kyushu said Tuesday. The group, known as the Executive Committee for [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Environmental activists on Thursday called for the government to scrap a plan to open to the public three hiking trails leading to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas starting late this month, arguing the plan could wreak havoc on the ecological system around the buffer zone. The [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean consumer rights group has applied for a provisional injunction against the two major South Korean airlines, Asiana Airlines Inc. and Korean Air Lines Co., after it was announced that some mileage accrued under their frequent flier programs would expire next year. Citizens United for Consumer Sovereignty [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 2,500 North Korean workers have been forced to work in Mongolia and Poland under poor working conditions with their human rights being violated, a South Korean civic group said Wednesday. About 1,800 North Korean workers are being forced to work mainly in Mongolia’s construction sector or in [...]