SEJONG, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s government has proposed a 2025 budget that emphasizes everyday safety and cost-of-living relief, with measures ranging from preventing car accidents and manhole falls to subsidizing school fruit snacks and low-cost weddings in national parks. The Ministry of Economy and Finance on Sunday outlined plans that reflect a [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Thursday it has decided to donate 50,000 tons of rice to six countries suffering from deepening poverty amid the prolonged new coronavirus pandemic. The rice will be sent to refugees and other vulnerable people in Yemen, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Syria and Laos under cooperation with the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has become a member of the Food Assistance Convention (FAC) to provide humanitarian food aid to developing nations, the agriculture ministry said Thursday. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said its application to the international body for food assistance was approved by member nations on [...]