SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Insurance agents made up the biggest portion of workers who received emergency relief payouts from the government amid the new coronavirus pandemic, data showed Sunday. Of around 500,000 virus-hit workers and businesspeople who received the government’s relief money, about 87,000 of them were insurance agents, according to the data [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases fell below 100 for the first time in four days Saturday, as the country is struggling with sporadic cluster infections in the greater Seoul area and persisting untraceable cases ahead of a major holiday. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) reported 61 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea’s state media highlighted its rigorous border control to stave off the new coronavirus Saturday, amid tensions following the shooting death of a South Korean national floating in its waters near the inter-Korean border. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the country is carrying out perfect border [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases stayed above 100 for the third straight day Friday due to continued rises in sporadic cluster infections, putting the country’s virus fight to the test ahead of a major holiday. The country added 114 more COVID-19 cases, including 95 local infections, raising the total [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Friday unveiled a set of detailed social distancing guidelines for upcoming holidays to stem the nationwide spread of the novel coronavirus, which center on limiting operations of risk-prone facilities and banning gatherings of a certain number of people. The government set the two weeks starting Monday [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Recent research shows an increasing number of patients each year who are being treated for anger disorders. The National Health Insurance Service reported on Thursday that 2,249 patients were treated for intermittent explosive disorder (IED), surging by 30.7 percent since 2015. By age, the majority of the patients were [...]
OKCHEON, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Seniors living in remote regions are expecting to spend a lonely Chuseok holiday this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. In response, the Welfare Center for the Disabled and Seniors in Okcheon County, North Chungcheong Province, selected five senior households to help send video messages to their loved ones. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, the number of public auctions is picking up again in South Korea. According to an analysis of the Supreme Court’s auction information site by the real estate information platform Gzone, the number of court auctions fell to 7,317 in May and 7,638 in [...]
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. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Lying on a couch after work, Lee Sun-young, a 41-year-old office worker, often browses a list of goods uploaded on an online secondhand marketplace app as she seeks to find a good deal. Since Lee successfully sold a shoulder massager, mugs and other miscellaneous goods last year through the [...]