SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid an increase in the number of South Koreans who are engaged in direct purchases of electronics goods and home appliances from foreign countries, the most popular item turned out to be audio devices such as wireless earphones. The Korea Consumer Agency received a total of 5,002 cases of [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will host an online seminar this week to share its coronavirus containment measures and know-how with foreign countries, a foreign ministry official said Wednesday. The video presentation, slated for late Thursday, comes as an increasing number of foreign countries has been seeking to benchmark various quarantine steps [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of foreign countries enacting bans on the entry of visitors travelling from South Korea or tightening travel restrictions for the Asian nation as Seoul has reported a drastic increase in new coronavirus infections in recent days. South Korea has seen the number of confirmed coronavirus cases [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans’ direct purchases from foreign countries rose 20 percent in the first six months of 2019 from a year earlier as more consumers opted to buy quality goods at cheap prices, customs data showed Tuesday. South Korean shoppers bought a total of US$1.58 billion worth of foreign goods [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A new driver’s license will be available starting next month that will allow South Korean citizens to drive in 30 countries around the world. Authorities announced on August 27 that new legislation will take effect on September 16 that will allow for a new driver’s license with English identification [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will start issuing a new type of driver’s license with personal information written in English on the back in September at the earliest, officials said Monday. The nation’s current license has the driver’s information printed only in Korean on the front, obliging holders wanting to drive abroad [...]