SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will require foreigners arriving from high-risk nations to submit a certificate showing they tested negative for the new coronavirus from Monday, as the nation struggles with a steady rise in imported cases. The high-risk nations are Bangladesh, Pakistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, according to websites of South Korean [...]
CHANGWON, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Concerns are growing over a recent spike in the number of crimes committed by foreigners in South Gyeongsang Province. Last Tuesday, a Burmese national working at a farm in Gimhae, some 450 kilometers southeast of Seoul, fatally stabbed a fellow national for not working hard. On Sunday, a Chinese [...]
BUSAN, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Dozens of foreigners including U.S. soldiers stationed in South Korea created disturbances by setting off firecrackers at a renowned beach in Busan on Saturday night, apparently in celebration of U.S. Independence Day, local police said Monday. The foreigners shot numerous rounds of firecrackers into the sky and even towards [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Tourist arrivals in South Korea nose-dived 99.5 percent in May due to global travel restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Monday. The data from the state-run Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) showed a mere 6,111 foreign tourists visited South Korea in May, compared with over 1.23 million a year [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul city is moving to provide emergency relief funds to foreigners living in the capital city that could benefit some 100,000 households, municipal authorities said Tuesday. The city government said that Seoul Metropolitan Council earlier in the day passed a 2.23 trillion-won (US$1.86 billion) extra budget bill that includes [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Yongsan Ward, one of Seoul’s most multinational districts, announced Thursday it plans to pick 30 foreign residents as honorary community leaders. The plan is part of the ward office’s efforts to encourage more foreign residents to take part in community affairs and boost communication among residents in the central [...]
SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s municipal government said Saturday it has translated its guidelines on separate disposal of food waste into 10 foreign languages for distribution to foreigners living in the capital. The 10 languages are English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Russian, Mongolian, French, Malay, Hindi and Thai. The government said the move comes [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The word ‘alien’ will be removed from the registration cards issued to all foreigners residing in South Korea. The use of the term has been under constant criticism since ‘alien’ may also mean ‘extraterrestrial’ or ‘stranger’ in exclusionary terms. The Ministry of Justice announced Monday that it will select [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting this month, foreigners will be able to register their mobile phones and open up bank accounts with a Korean name. The government announced Friday that starting on June 8, foreigners with a Korean name inscribed on their alien registration card will be able to use their Korean name [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Five more foreign nationals have been deported from South Korea after getting caught violating self-isolation rules, the Ministry of Justice said Friday. The violators — two Chinese nationals and one each from Pakistan, Poland and Britain — have been ordered to leave for their home countries after failing to [...]