SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreign nationals staying in South Korea shrank nearly 4 percent on-year in 2021 amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Korea Immigration Office said Wednesday. The number was tallied at 1.96 million as of the end of last year, a 3.9 percent decrease from 2.04 million in 2020 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Eight in 10 foreigners living in and out of South Korea positively view the country, a government survey showed Monday. The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) canvassed 12,500 non-Koreans aged 16 and more in 24 countries around the world in September and found 80.5 percent of the respondents [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A new survey showed that foreigners worldwide are deeply interested in traveling to Seoul. The Seoul Tourism Organization conducted a survey of 9,181 foreigners from seven regions across the world, 91.9 percent of whom said they wanted to travel to Seoul when foreign travel opens up. Among Korean respondents, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki said Wednesday the government will closely monitor foreigners’ real estate transactions in a bid to prevent cross-border flows of illegal funds and crack down on dubious deals. The government unveiled a set of measures to prevent foreigners from illegally buying real estate as some non-residents [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s tightened vaccine pass regime sparked discrimination complaints by foreign residents left unable to have their overseas vaccination status officially recognized here and subsequently denied access to cafes, restaurants and other multi-use facilities. Foreigners who were vaccinated outside of South Korea are currently unqualified for the benefits given [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Foreign ownership of South Korean land expanded 1.3 percent in the first half of the year from six months earlier, the land ministry said Friday. Foreigners owned 256.7 square kilometers of land here as of end-June, up 3.39 million square meters from the end of December last year, according [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — With the growth of the food delivery industry and intensifying competition between firms to hire new employees, foreigners are increasingly being hired illegally. Searching for a delivery job on a recruitment website returns numerous employers willing to hire foreigners, most of whom are not eligible for these jobs. Foreigners [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — While South Koreans’ real estate transactions remain frozen due to the government’s strong regulations, such transactions by foreigners hit an all-time high, triggering controversy over reverse discrimination. According to the data from the Korea Real Estate Board, foreigners’ transactions in South Korean land and properties in the January to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will deal sternly with violators of COVID-19 rules during the Halloween weekend and foreigners will be no exception, the interior minister said Sunday. Interior Minister Jeon Hae-cheol issued the warning during a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters, saying Halloween celebrations pose a high [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The amount of auto taxes not paid by foreigners in South Korea has been on the steady rise in recent years, surpassing the 10 billion won (US$8.6 million) mark for the past two years, government data showed Tuesday. According to the data from the Ministry of the Interior and [...]