SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — High Credit, in-house venture firm of Shinhan Card Co., announced on Thursday that it had developed a credit evaluation model for foreigners living in South Korea. The newly developed credit evaluation model has greatly increased the bank’s ability to differentiate risks by applying non-financial information through big data to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — “Why do you cut your meat with scissors at the restaurant?”, “Can you really order chicken and beer at the Han river using an app on your phone?” and “Why are there so many cafes in Korea?”. These are some of the most asked questions about South Korea among [...]
JEJU, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Island will conduct special monitoring on foreigner-only casinos from January 31 to February 24. The island will organize a team of experts to monitor eight casinos established for foreigners to verify if Korean migrants are taking proper steps to enter the casino. The island will also educate casino [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — More than eight out of 10 foreigners have a positive national image of South Korea, a survey released by the government showed Tuesday. According to an online survey of 8,000 people in 16 countries, including South Korea, 80.3 percent of foreign respondents evaluated South Korea’s national image positively. Notably, [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s tax agency said Tuesday that all foreign wage earners must file their year-end 2018 tax settlement by the end of next month, regardless of their nationality or length of stay. The National Tax Service said some income deduction or tax credit items are not applicable to foreigners and recommended [...]
JEJU, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting this year, foreigners in Jeju will be subject to heavy taxation if they use condominiums that they have purchased as vacation homes. Jeju Province announced on Wednesday that condominiums acquired by foreigners, unless proven as primary residences, will be regarded as private vacation homes, and will be subject [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Outdoor night markets featuring international foods and handicraft and cultural performances have been chosen as the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s best policy of 2018 in an online poll of foreigners here and abroad, officials said Monday. A total of 15,172 foreigners living in South Korea and 71 other countries participated [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — One of out of every five foreigners in South Korea suffer discrimination, due mainly to their nationalities, government data showed Wednesday. The data compiled by Statistics Korea showed that 21.2 percent of 1.3 million foreigners said they were discriminated by South Koreans. Among them, 60.9 percent said they were [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The birth rate for South Koreans married to foreigners is dropping. Statistics Korea announced on Wednesday that the number of newborn babies from multicultural families last year amounted to 18,440, which was 5.1 percent fewer than the previous year. After reaching a record high of 22,908 births in 2012, [...]
CHUNCHEON, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Nine foreign nationals awaiting naturalization participated in a rehearsal for an upcoming citizenship ceremony at the Chuncheon Immigration Office in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province on Tuesday. “As a proud citizen of the Republic of Korea, I solemnly swear that I will abide by the Korean Constitution and its laws and [...]