SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government on Thursday announced a list of civic representatives to take part in the bell-ringing ceremony in downtown Seoul at midnight on New Year’s Eve. The 11 civic bell ringers were selected from among some 90 people recommended by the public last month for overcoming adversity [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol called Tuesday for prioritizing the improvement of people’s livelihoods in the new year, listing increased support for vulnerable groups and new transportation systems as some of the government’s latest projects. Yoon issued the call during a Cabinet meeting at the presidential office as he noted [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 80 percent of South Korean workers picked a wage hike as their top wish for the new year, a survey showed Sunday. According to a survey of 1,000 Korean workers conducted by a pro-labor civic group Gabjil 119, 78 percent picked “wage hike” as their new year wish, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — As most of the COVID-19 restrictions that kept people cooped up during the pandemic period have been lifted, a growing number of people are setting up more active plans for the new year. The number of passengers using the routes between South Korea and Japan totaled 638,189 in the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will resume its annual bell-tolling ceremony to celebrate New Year’s Eve after two years of suspension due to COVID-19. The ceremony hosted by the Seoul metropolitan government will take place at 11:30 p.m. Saturday at Bosingak Pavilion in central Seoul with about 100,000 people attending. Cho Gue-sung, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government on Tuesday announced a list of 10 citizens who will join the city’s bell-tolling ceremony on New Year’s Eve, the first such in-person event in three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cho Gue-sung, a member of the national football team who competed in the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — With the South Korean government shutting down the nation’s famous sunrise spots to limit the spread of COVID-19, local citizens are planning to enjoy the first sunrise of the new year without contact with others. A 27-year-old graduate student living in a house located in Gwanak District in Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans are settling in for a subdued New Year holiday, as gatherings are restricted and festivities have been cancelled in the face of a third wave of coronavirus flare-up. Assemblies of five or more people are banned in the greater Seoul area and ski resorts and other tourist [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — With the dawn of the new year, South Koreans and foreigners living here are bracing for many changes in government policies and systems that affect their daily life, labor practices, education and welfare. Starting in 2020, short-term foreign visitors are barred from applying for a South Korean driver’s license [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea welcomed the new year with traditional bell-ringing ceremonies in Seoul and other cities nationwide at midnight Tuesday. The most attention-grabbing bell-ringing ceremony took place at Bosingak Belfry in Jongno, central Seoul, as several prominent celebrities rang the bell 33 times amid cheers from tens of thousands of [...]