SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 15,500 foreigners from visa-waiver countries used the new electronic travel authorization system to enter South Korea in the first month of its introduction, justice ministry data showed Sunday. A total of 15,811 foreign nationals applied for the Korea Electronic Travel Authorization (K-ETA) in September, and 15,556 of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 2,400 foreigners are engaging in the home rental business in South Korea, with Chinese nationals accounting for more than one-third of the total, government data showed Monday. The number of foreign home rental business operators in Asia’s fourth-largest economy stood at 2,394 as of the end of June [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul metropolitan government said Tuesday it will launch a special campaign urging foreign residents here to get vaccinated amid rising COVID-19 infections in the foreign community. Foreigners took up 9.2 percent of Seoul’s new infections in August, up 2.9 percentage points from the corresponding rate of 6.3 percent [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s government on Wednesday urged all foreigners staying long-term here to get COVID-19 vaccine shots as soon as possible, saying they are treated the same as South Korean nationals when it comes to the vaccination process. The announcement jointly made by the Korea Immigration Service under the Ministry [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign nationals accounted for 12.1 percent of all deaths from industrial accidents in the 18-month period ending in June, a lawmaker said Tuesday, calling for safety guarantee measures. According to Rep. Kang Eun-mi of the minor Justice Party, who cited data from the labor ministry, 1,113 people died in [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreigners who visited South Korea in June reached 77,029, jumping 108.5 percent from the previous year due to a base effect, data showed Friday. The on-year rise was largely attributed to a base effect coming from the new coronavirus pandemic that hit the country early last [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean politicians are stepping up to address concerns over Chinese nationals purchasing real estate in the country. China, under a communist regime, strictly forbids South Koreans from purchasing real estate in their territory. On the other hand, South Korea has barely any restrictions on real estate purchases by [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The government is pushing to grant the long-term residency F-2 visa to high-skilled foreigners as a way to tackle the shrinking population and retain talented workers, the justice ministry said Wednesday. The Ministry of Justice announced the plan during a briefing on the result of a government meeting on [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting Thursday, foreigners will be allowed to stay in South Korea only until their passport expiration date, the justice ministry said. But considering traveling restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Ministry of Justice has decided to grant a grace period until June 2022 and allow foreign nationals to stay [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Immigration detention centers in South Korea, where foreign nationals are held till deportation, will start welcoming back visitors for the first time in seven months, officials said Friday, in accordance with changing COVID-19 circumstances. The Hwaseong Immigration Detention Center in Gyeonggi Province and the Cheongju Immigration Detention Center in [...]