SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has lifted an entry ban imposed on its citizens staying abroad over COVID-19 concerns, state media reported Sunday, reopening its border following more than three years of its stringent virus restrictions. The North’s national emergency epidemic prevention headquarters announced that North Korean “citizens abroad have been allowed [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean households have saved an additional 100 trillion won (US$77.7 billion) or over during the COVID-19 pandemic from before the pandemic on reduced consumption and increased government support, a central bank report showed Monday. Excess savings made from 2020-2022 totaled between 101 trillion won and 129 trillion won, [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of violent crimes that saw a significant drop in the initial years of the pandemic bounced back last year partially on eased social distancing measures, data showed Sunday. A total of 450,623 violent crimes were reported last year, up 7.4 percent from 419,683 cases the previous year, [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — In the last three years, career interruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic have become a serious problem among South Korean women, with a higher percentage of them experiencing career interruptions compared to men, and it takes longer for them to return to the job market. The Ministry of Gender [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — One in three parents with disabled children faced substantial financial struggles to take care of their children and fill the education vacuum caused by COVID-19 when schools were temporarily closed, a survey showed Wednesday. According to the survey of 4,785 parents with disabled children, 34 percent of them faced [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a notable shift in dietary habits, with a significant drop in dining out and a surge in the consumption of dietary supplements and delivery food, according to a report from the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) released on Thursday. The report, entitled [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The outbreak of the COVID-19 led to a sharp increase in the number of unskilled laborers such as delivery workers and a decrease in the number of sales workers. The number of unskilled laborers such as food delivery workers and building cleaners was about 4.1 million last year, up [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A nurse who committed suicide after struggling with an excessive workload caused by COVID-19 has been recognized by the court as having died on duty. The Seoul Administrative Court recently ruled in favor of the family of the late nurse, who sued the Minister of Personnel Management. The nurse, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea’s state TV has aired a documentary film praising the country’s success in tackling the coronavirus pandemic last year amid efforts to prevent another outbreak. The documentary, aired on the Korean Central Television on Monday night, introduced Pyongyang’s antivirus measures since the country announced its first COVID-19 case [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 55 percent of South Koreans believe the COVID-19 pandemic will become a perpetual phenomenon, a survey showed Tuesday. Only 18.7 percent of South Koreans were confident that the COVID-19 pandemic will end at some point, according to the survey released by Statistics Korea. The survey was carried out [...]