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 [...]
POHANG, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A paragliding event for disabled persons with spinal cord injuries took place on Friday at Mount Gonryun in the southeastern city of Pohang. The Pohang Paragliding Association, in response to a request from the Korea Spinal Cord Injury Association, acquired specially made wheelchairs and recruited experienced paragliders for the [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is being used as eyes and ears for disabled persons, raising accessibility to media. This technology is expected to allow disabled persons to enjoy the equivalent amount of access to media as non-disabled persons, particularly as media consumption continues to rise following the coronavirus outbreak. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. has launched a new mobility service for persons with severe disabilities to help them enjoy safer and cheaper commutes to work. SK Telecom joined hands with the Korea Employment Agency for Persons with Disabilities (KEAD), the city of Seongnam and mobility startup Modoo Shuttle on Tuesday [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly half of all South Koreans who are registered as having disabilities are over 65, with numbers steadily rising in recent years, a government report showed Wednesday. The annual disabilities report compiled by the Ministry of Health and Welfare showed that as of last year, 2.59 million people, or [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Innovation Co. signed a memorandum of understanding with the Korea Employment Agency for the Disabled on Tuesday to implement a system of subsidiary businesses for disabled persons. This system recognizes employees with disability, hired by a subsidiary company established for the purpose of hiring disabled persons, as employed [...]