SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly four in 10 South Koreans believe corruption is pervasive in the public sector, while a majority view Korean society as broadly corrupt and unfair, according to a nationwide survey released Tuesday, underscoring a persistent gap between government reform efforts and public perception. The findings come from the 2025 Corruption [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans picked competition as the main concept inspired by the word fairness, while foreigners selected justice as the main fairness-inspiring concept. The Corea Image Communications Institute (CICI), a nonprofit organization devoted to improving the nation’s image overseas, conducted a survey of 432 people consisting of 216 Koreans and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — An artificial intelligence (AI)-based service offered by a major web portal is now embroiled in controversy over fairness. The Fair Trade Commission recently ordered Naver Corp., the nation’s biggest search engine, to pay a 26.7 billion won (US$22.9 million) fine for manipulating search algorithms for shopping and videos to [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A decision by Incheon International Airport Co. to give full employment status to temporary workers has stirred up a furious debate about a level playing field and angered some for what they called reverse discrimination. Earlier this week, the public company, one of the country’s most coveted among jobseekers, [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The perception that important social decisions are affected by external pressure, social connections and interest groups continues to be a strong belief held by the public at large. This is according to a report from the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs released yesterday that questioned 3,839 adult [...]