SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — For Koh Koung-hee, it all began when a local newspaper carrying an ad for a beginner’s sign language class flew towards her on a windy day in 1997. From there, it has been a journey of learning a new language, forming close relationships with deaf friends and changing jobs [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Churches will be required to use QR-code based entry logs and other toughened infection preventive measures as the country tries to stem new coronavirus outbreaks tied to religious facilities, public health authorities said Wednesday. The entry logs for churchgoers will be implemented from Friday, with churches barred from hosting [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A flood of job cuts unleashed by the coronavirus outbreak has been sweeping the South Korean movie theater industry amid the prolonged fallout from the pandemic. Lotte Cultureworks, the entertainment unit of retail giant Lotte Group, said Wednesday that it has asked some employees to resign as part of [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday pledged to support its arts sector hit by the new coronavirus with 156.9 billion won (US$131 million) during the second half of 2020, including grants to cash-strapped artists and discount coupons for shows and events. The fund is part of the 35.1 trillion-won supplementary budget [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of blood donors in South Korea sank nearly 11 percent in the first five months of this year amid a prolonged coronavirus outbreak, data showed Wednesday. About 966,900 people donated blood in the January-May period, down 10.9 percent from some 1.08 million a year earlier, according to [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Almost six months have passed since the onset of the coronavirus outbreak, and airport restaurants are fighting for survival as customer numbers continue to dwindle. Despite the upcoming vacation season, restaurants at Incheon International Airport, South Korea’s main air hub, are more or less empty thanks to the coronavirus [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Unlike shopping malls struggling in the aftermath of the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, discount warehouses are seeing continuous growth. E-Mart Traders, a major discount warehouse chain, saw sales jump by 21.9 percent in the period from January to May compared to the same period last year. The company [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co., the country’s biggest carrier, said Tuesday it will sell its in-flight catering and duty-free business to a private equity fund amid the growing impact of the coronavirus on the airline industry. Korean Air’s board of directors signed a memorandum of understanding with Hahn & Company [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will terminate a mask rationing system on Sunday as the supply of face masks designed to help fight the new coronavirus has stabilized, the country’s drug safety agency said Tuesday. As prices of protective masks skyrocketed amid the COVID-19 outbreak here, the country introduced the mask rationing [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Gaming monitors are gaining popularity as more people are playing video games at home following the coronavirus outbreak. TrendForce, a market intelligence provider, estimated that shipments of gaming monitors will reach 12.2 million units worldwide this year, which is 37 percent more than last year. As Sony and Microsoft [...]