SEOUL, April 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey showed that ethnic Korean high school and university students in Japan regularly experience discrimination in everyday life simply because they are South or North Korean. The Korean Scholarship Foundation, affiliated with the Korean Residents Union in Japan, conducted a survey of 1,030 high school and university [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Grand Park said Wednesday that Mio, a lioness born in 2011, was sent to Japan Tuesday in accordance with a lion-cheetah mutual transfer agreement signed with Tama Zoological Park. In return, Tama Zoo will be sending two male cheetahs, born in 2017, to Seoul Grand Park this year. [...]
Guildford, UK, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Ergomed plc (LSE: ERGO) (“Ergomed” or the “Company”), a company focused on providing specialised services to the pharmaceutical industry, announces that its PrimeVigilance business, a global leader in the provision of pharmacovigilance and medical information services, has established its new legal entity and regional office in Japan and is fully [...]
BUSAN, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A civic environmental organization here said Thursday it has filed for a court injunction against Japan’s planned release of contaminated water from its wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant. Members of the Korean Federation for Environmental Movement in Pusan said their lawsuit was lodged against the operator of the Fukushima [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean victims of wartime sexual slavery lost their second lawsuit against the Japanese government Wednesday, suffering a setback in their efforts to hold Tokyo accountable for war crimes. The Seoul Central District Court dismissed the case brought by 20 plaintiffs, including surviving victims forced to work in front-line [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of South Korean nuclear researchers on Tuesday called on Japan to withdraw its decision to release contaminated water from its crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, urging for more information over the plan. South Korea has expressed concerns over Japan’s announcement last week to release [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean fishermen staged demonstrations at sea on Monday to protest the Japanese government’s decision to dump contaminated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean. In Yeosu, southwestern South Korea, about 150 fishing vessels were mobilized for a massive maritime demonstration, as local fishermen vented their [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean civic groups held a press conference Saturday to denounce Japan’s recent decision to discharge into the ocean contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. Eight groups, including the Global Econet, lambasted the plan to release the radioactive water as an “irresponsible” act and demanded the [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans’ protests against Japan’s bid to dump contaminated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea are spreading across many sectors of society, with a number of protest rallies held in Seoul and elsewhere on Friday. A civic group that comprises merchants from the Noryangjin Fisheries [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans are stepping up protests against Japan’s decision to release contaminated water from its wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, as a dozen government leaders on Wednesday joined civic activists and fishermen in condemning the move as an irreparable disaster for the world’s marine ecosystem. Heads [...]