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LG Electronics to Release User-Friendly Guides for Slow Learners and Children with Developmental Disabilities

SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics announced on February 7 the publication of “Easy-to-Read” booklets for washing machines and microwaves, designed to help slow learners and children with developmental disabilities to use household appliances. These easy-to-read guides comprise storybooks that explain scientific principles and knowledge that can be discovered through appliances, along with supplements [...]

SK Innovation Hosts 7th Annual GMF, Largest Music Festival for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Innovation announced on Wednesday that the Great Music Festival (GMF) for individuals with developmental disabilities, the largest of its kind in South Korea, was held at the New Millennial Hall of Konkuk University on September 26. This year marks the seventh anniversary of the GMF, hosted by the Heart to [...]

S. Korea’s Gaming Industry Enhances Accessibility for Players with Disabilities

SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s video game industry, expanding its global reach beyond Asia and into the Western market, is now recognizing the importance of game accessibility for individuals with disabilities. NCSOFT Corp., a major online and mobile game developer, has incorporated new accessibility features into its recently concluded beta testing of [...]

Wheelchair Users Face Life-Threatening Obstacles on Sidewalks

SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) –Today, April 20, marks the 43rd Disability Day, yet more than four decades after its inception, individuals with disabilities still find themselves fighting for the same rights as those without disabilities. The right to mobility, in particular, has been brought to the forefront of discussions, with wheelchair users emphasizing that [...]

LG Initiative Helps Young Koreans with Developmental Disorders to Better Use Home Appliances

SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday it would launch a project to assist children and teenagers with developmental disorders to utilize home appliances better in commemoration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Under this initiative, LG will provide free books with explanations and illustrations tailored to the needs [...]

National Museum of Korea to Provide ‘Barrier-Free’ Service to the Disabled

SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Museum of Korea has introduced a service that helps people with visual or hearing disabilities to gain easy access to the museum. Through four kiosks set up at the museum, visitors can access voice commentary and use braille keypads to obtain a variety of information. Seniors or [...]

3 in 4 Disabled Persons Face Difficulty Exercising Outdoors: Survey

SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Many South Koreans with disabilities are refraining from exercising outdoors despite the dwindling impacts of the pandemic, a survey showed Monday. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism conducted a survey of 10,000 registered disabled persons in the country between the ages of 10 and 69, which showed that only 26.6 [...]

Gov’t to Develop Pedestrian Navigation Service for the Disabled

SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Employment Agency for Persons with Disabilities, a quasi-governmental agency under the Ministry of Employment and Labor, said Sunday it will collect big data for the next three months which will be used for the development of a pedestrian navigation service for the disabled. The project was launched [...]

6,500 Workers with Disabilities Legally Paid Less than Minimum Wage

SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — About 6,500 workers with disabilities legally earned less than the minimum wage last year, a report said Tuesday. The report from the Korea Labor and Society Institute found a total of 6,547 workers were excluded from the minimum wage rule as of August 2021. Their average monthly wage was [...]

Culture Ministry Builds Nation’s First Wheelchair-accessible Mountain Trail

SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) renovated the Biseulsan Mountain Park in Daegu as an “open tourist site” and held a completion ceremony on Wednesday. An open tourist site is a tourist attraction that removes physical barriers on footpaths and is mounted [...]