SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Food delivery app owner Woowa Brothers’ decision to bar individuals with criminal records from working as delivery personnel has ignited a controversy. The company recently revised its terms and conditions for apps used by delivery riders, implementing a policy that prohibits individuals with a history of criminal offenses, particularly [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of people fined for driving under the influence or committing violence are asking to pay in installments or delay payment altogether. The Ministry of Justice reported a 44.4 percent increase in the number of requests to pay fines by installment last year. Requests to delay payment [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government has ratcheted up its struggle against organized prostitution by developing technology that will clog up telephone lines used by brothels. Despite efforts to shut down businesses operating in the sex trade, the dispersal of lurid flyers with phone numbers printed on them has made it [...]
IKSAN, South Korea, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Police said Wednesday they have arrested two members of a six-man theft ring accused of having dug a 40-meter tunnel in South Korea’s central province of North Chungcheong for more than one month to pilfer oil from an underground pipeline. The Iksan Police Station in southwestern South [...]