SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of deaths in South Korea hit an all-time high last year due largely to rapid aging and the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, data showed Tuesday. A total of 317,680 people died in the country last year, up 12,732 people, or 4.2 percent, from the previous year, [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A total of 55 workers were killed at construction sites in the first quarter of this year, the land ministry said Wednesday, as the country began enforcing a new law that calls for the punishment of company chiefs for serious workplace disasters. Of the 55 victims, 14 were affiliated [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The recent suicide deaths of a male professional volleyball player bullied online for years for his feminine appearance and a YouTuber accused of misandry have rekindled calls for tougher punishment for cyberbullying and malicious online comments. Kim In-hyeok, the 27-year-old volleyball player, was found dead in an apparent suicide [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — With the winter cold and the coronavirus pandemic sweeping across the country, many struggling individuals living in low-cost boarding housing facilities known as gosiwons or old residential districts have passed away. Most of them died a solitary death, a financially stricken single-person household living off of basic welfare. On Dec. 28, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The numbers for suicides, and traffic and crime-related deaths fell in 2020 due largely to various social distancing schemes imposed over concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government said Thursday. According to the interior ministry, the combined number of deaths connected to traffic accidents, crimes and suicides stood at [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – At least three self-employed people nationwide have been found dead over the past week in apparent suicides probably related to business difficulties in the time of COVID-19, police said Wednesday. A 52-year-old man who ran an entertainment establishment in the central city of Wonju was discovered dead in his [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — September has reported the highest number of bicycle accident deaths over the past decade, authorities said Saturday, calling for an improvement in riders’ safety awareness. According to the National Police Agency and the Korea Road Traffic Authority, a total of 51,240 bicycle accidents were reported from 2011 to 2020, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Almost 1 in 4 people recognized as victims of deadly humidifier sterilizer products in South Korea have died, a civic group said Wednesday. Marking the 10th anniversary of the humidifier sterilizer scandal, the Asian Citizen’s Center for Environment and Health released a report showing that a total of 7,535 [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s population continued to decrease during the second quarter as deaths outnumbered births, government data showed Tuesday. As of the end of June, the nation’s registered population stood at 51,672,400, down 0.06 percent from 51,705,905 tallied at the end of March, according to census figures from the Ministry [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Police Agency (NPA) is reviewing the idea of giving an allowance to police officers who are directly involved in investigating unnatural deaths. NPA officials said that the number of police officers who suffered trauma after handling unnatural death cases is increasing, adding that an atmosphere has been [...]