SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean national police said Sunday they will begin offering real-time interpretation services on their emergency hotline for foreign nationals this week. The National Police Agency (NPA) said they will place two English interpreters and two Chinese interpreters in the 112 situation room in Seoul beginning Monday, tasking [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has drafted a new mid-term plan to expand the education of 53 foreign languages that are less commonly taught but deemed increasingly important to the nation’s engagement with the world, officials said Sunday. Education, justice, gender and other ministers Wednesday discussed the education ministry’s proposal for the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The state-run Seoul National Cemetery has started running a system to provide interpretation services in 10 foreign languages, including English, Chinese and Japanese, its officials said Thursday. The cemetery honoring South Korean war dead, fallen patriots and national heroes established the system as an annual average of 1,000 foreign visitors, including [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign criminals being detained or arrested in South Korea will be presented with a warrant written in their own language under a government bid to prevent discrimination against aliens in legal proceedings, prosecutors said Wednesday. The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office (SPO) said that prosecutors will use an arrest warrant translated [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Fire Agency (NFA) said Tuesday that it will strengthen its manual of response to 119 calls from foreigners living in South Korea. The NFA reported that recently, 119 calls in foreign languages are increasing rapidly. The number of foreign language reports rose 75 percent from 1,385 in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Naver Corp., South Korea’s top Internet portal operator, will soon add foreign language versions of its online map service, a corporate source said Thursday. Maps in English, Japanese and Chinese, as well as an English navigation service, are expected to kick off later this month. The launch comes just [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s government and enterprises will strengthen support for local students majoring in minor foreign languages, as part of a long-term national development strategy, the education ministry said Monday. The Ministry of Education and the National Institute for International Education unveiled a five-year policy plan calling for opening more [...]