SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study showed that the most frequently used Korean term among foreign students of the Korean language was ‘saram’, the Korean word for person. The National Institute of Korean Language analysed data related to the Korean terms being used by foreigners studying the Korean language, which showed that [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that South Korea’s financial support for foreigners tends to focus on multicultural families, and is inciting an unfriendly sentiment among South Koreans against foreigners. Kim Mi-young, a researcher at Kyung Hee University’s Center for Cross Cultural Studies reported in her recently published thesis that [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Around 2,000 foreigners, including U.S. soldiers in South Korea, set off firecrackers and held parties without wearing masks on and around a local beach amid the coronavirus pandemic, police said Sunday. The foreigners danced, drank and set off firecrackers on and around Haeundae Beach in the southern city of [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. has been found to be engaged in illegal marketing by offering foreigners additional subsidies in exchange for subscribing to the company’s service plans, generating criticism that the company’s reckless activities to attract more subscribers while evading regulations have resulted in discrimination against South Koreans. Industry sources [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreigners staying in South Korea has registered remarkable growth over the past 30 years. According to a report released by Kang Dong-won, head of the state-run Migration Research and Training Center, the number of foreign residents in the country totaled about 2.5 million in 2019, about a [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Yongsan Ward, the area of Seoul known among other things for its hip restaurants and nightlife in Itaewon, will launch a digital map containing useful information for foreigners by the end of this year, the ward office said Tuesday. The English map will show the locations of hotels, restaurants, [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign women who have been engaged in economic activities in South Korea will be entitled to receive maternity benefits once they acquire Korean nationality after giving birth. The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission announced on Tuesday that it had reached such judgment in an administrative appeal filed by a [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign ownership of South Korean land expanded nearly 2 percent in 2020 from a year earlier, the land ministry said Friday. Foreigners owned 253.3 square kilometers of land here as of the end of December last year, up 1.9 percent from a year earlier, according to the Ministry of [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Low-income foreigners raising a child of Korean nationality alone will be eligible for the government’s monthly childcare support of 200,000 won (US$180) per month. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said that the Cabinet passed the revision of the enforcement ordinance of the Single-parent Family Support Act on [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Justice is strengthening information sharing with related agencies to prevent smartphones registered in foreigners’ names from being used as cloned phones for crimes like voice phishing. The ministry announced that starting from this month, it will provide information regarding the departure of foreign nationals who have [...]