SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will launch a new government agency in the western city of Incheon early next month to provide various forms of support to some 7.5 million Koreans residing overseas, the foreign ministry said Monday. The agency will be based in Incheon, some 30 kilometers west of Seoul, with [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will allow South Koreans to send face masks to overseas family members regardless of whether they have Korean citizenship or not as domestic supplies have stabilized, the foreign ministry said Wednesday. Currently, South Koreans are allowed to send up to 12 surgical masks per person every month, [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 1,000 overseas Koreans from more than 40 countries around the world are attracting attention by communicating online. The World Federation of Overseas Korean Traders Associations (World-OKTA) held a briefing session on the renewed World-OKTA app at 8:45 p.m. on May 13 for an hour via a webinar. [...]