SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Environment completed a special crackdown on emissions at 814 businesses using drones and other cutting-edge devices from November of last year to February 21. The probe found 289 violations in 227 locations, which accounted for 27.9 percent of all businesses. A total of 36 drones, 18 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has strengthened its crackdown on travelers’ attempts to smuggle out face masks in bulk to fight the new coronavirus, officials said Saturday, with the customs office confiscating the protective goods and imposing fines when perpetrators are found. Since Thursday, people who seek to take face masks from [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The education ministry said Friday it will conduct a special crackdown on alleged irregularities in the private education sector, including high-priced consulting services tailored for college admission. The move is part of the government’s pre-emptive measures to tackle potential rises in expensive private tutoring services as the government has [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The government of Seoul on Thursday announced a plan to crack down on taxi drivers who overcharge foreign tourists in time for the peak autumn tourist season. The crackdown is scheduled for Sept. 30-Oct. 9, a period that coincides with China’s National Day holiday falling on Oct. 1-7, the [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of cases of driving under the influence of alcohol fell sharply in the first quarter of the year after a traffic law aimed at toughening the punishment for drunk driving came into effect in December, the National Police Agency said Tuesday. The number of people driving while [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Regular inspections and crackdowns on hidden cameras at public transportation facilities such as subway stations, bus terminals, airports, and rest areas will become mandatory so that women can use such facilities at ease. Subway operators that do not comply with such mandatory checks will fined up to 50 million [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Drug smuggling into South Korea surged to a 14-year high in 2015 on expanded syndicates and diversified trafficking routes, customs data showed Thursday. A total of 325 shipments of banned substances were caught last year valued at 214 billion won (US$174.8 million), up 42 percent from a year earlier, [...]