DAEGU, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that the outbreak of the coronavirus in the Daegu region that started in mid-February generated more negative repercussions for women than men in the entire spectrum of daily life. According to a survey titled “Impact of the Coronavirus on the Life of Daegu Citizens” [...]
CHANGWON, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Concerns are growing about foreign workers who have lost their job due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. Making things worse, they are at risk of becoming illegal immigrants due to a lack of flights to return to their home countries. The Gyeongnam Migrant Center and civic group Gyeongnam [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will send 400,000 face masks to the Philippines and East Timor this week to help the two Southeast Asian countries cope with the coronavirus pandemic, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Wednesday. A C-130 Air Force plane carrying the KF-94 masks will depart for Manila on Thursday before traveling [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Welfare facilities in Seoul that were closed due to the new coronavirus that hit the country in late January will start running again this month, the Seoul city government said Wednesday. Under the plan, 553 facilities for the disabled and the elderly, including job training classes, free kitchens and [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A Japanese man who became the first foreigner arrested by South Korean police in May for violating mandatory self-isolation rules aimed at containing the coronavirus was freed on Wednesday after being given a suspended jail sentence by a local court. The Seoul Western District Court sentenced the 23-year-old Japanese [...]
SEJONG, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Wednesday it has adopted an alert system on the country’s 50 major beaches that will ban the entry of additional visitors in crowded areas to stem the spread of the new coronavirus. Under the measure, authorities will issue the “red” alert when the number of visitors [...]
SEJONG, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea lost about 352,000 jobs in June, marking the fourth consecutive monthly decline in the number of employed people as the coronavirus pandemic hammers job markets, data showed Wednesday. The country’s jobless rate rose by 0.3 percentage point on-year to 4.3 percent in June, and the number of [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) has told its troops to follow the anti-coronavirus beach use guidelines that the southeastern city of Busan issued earlier this week after unruly July Fourth celebrations by some American service members raised the ire of local residents. Earlier this month, unidentified American service members [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Estimated financial losses caused by the new coronavirus in South Korea’s arts and culture industry reached nearly 150 billion won (US$124.9 million) during the first half of 2020, a report showed Wednesday. In a report assessing the financial damage in the culture industry during the January-June period, the Korea [...]
CHUNCHEON, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A social media message that claims the existence of a dental mask claw machine in Chuncheon, Gyeonggi Province is drawing interest from citizens there. The message titled “Never Knew This Kind of World Would Come” was uploaded together with a photo of the machine. This message garnered interest from [...]