SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Railroad Corp. (KORAIL), South Korea’s state-owned railway operator, said Tuesday it will begin offering jobs to homeless people living near subway stations in Seoul, Busan, and eight other locations. KORAIL, in collaboration with local governments and support centers for the homeless, will provide jobs to 100 homeless individuals [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — To cope with the new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government has expanded the scope of beneficiaries for fourth doses of vaccines, including those residing at so-called ‘homeless living facilities.’ Unfortunately, however, those living on the streets were not included on the list, raising concerns that they would [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of homeless people not using shelters have lived out in the streets or public squares for more than 10 years, a government report showed Thursday. According to the report by the Ministry of Health and Welfare there were a total of 8,956 homeless people in the [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Only 30 percent of homeless people in South Korea have been vaccinated for COVID-19, a homeless rights group said Wednesday. Homeless Action conducted a survey of 101 homeless people at major subway stations, 70.3 percent (71 people) of whom said they had not received the first dose of coronavirus [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The escalating COVID-19 crisis is threatening free meal programs for the homeless in Seoul. The number of homeless people living in Seoul was estimated at 1,229 as of 2018, according to data from the Seoul Metropolitan Government. Of the total, 498 could afford to stay at temporary protection shelters, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — There are currently more than 11,000 homeless people in South Korea, a government survey showed Wednesday. According to the survey by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, 11,340 homeless people were registered as of October of last year with 1,522 of them living on the streets, 493 of them [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Sunday that it is doubling the size of its welfare initiatives for the city’s homeless this year – from 1,506 individuals in 26 programs in 2016 to 3,200 in 30 welfare programs. The Heemang (Hope) Frame, a photography academy for the homeless launched in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – A foreigner who was homeless has met a lonely death. However, neither his nationality nor his identity were able to be verified, making it hard to go through the normal procedures after death. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, Mr. ‘Tomas’, a foreigner assumed to be in his 60s, [...]
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SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) – It has been four years since the Big Issue, a magazine published for giving the homeless the opportunity to earn their own money, came out in Korea. For these years, it is generally assumed the magazine has been a modest success. In the beginning, the magazine was sold about [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 24 (Korea Bizwire) — For the homeless who are willing to get back on their own feet, securing rent expense proved one of the most imminent challenges to realize their goals, according to the tentative results of a program operated by Seoul City Government. On March 23, the city government announced it has lent support [...]