SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Online shopping in South Korea grew more than 20 percent in January from a year earlier as the protracted pandemic promoted more people to buy products via e-commerce platforms, data showed Friday. The value of online transactions stood at 15.1 trillion won (US$13.3 billion) in January, up 22.4 percent [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — More women than men feel concerned about being disadvantaged at work for taking time off to attend to parental duties amid the coronavirus pandemic, a survey showed Thursday. The survey, which was conducted by the Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU), an umbrella labor group, ahead of March 8 [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The average amount of time South Koreans spent using the internet reached over 20 hours per week last year, 2.7 hours more than the time spent the previous year amid the stay-at-home trend driven by the pandemic, a report showed Wednesday. South Koreans used the internet 20.1 hours a [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s finance minister said Wednesday the government will make efforts to create some 300,000 jobs by 2025 in the service sector that has borne the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic. Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki unveiled a road map on developing the service industry, under which the country will [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean schools opened for the new school year Tuesday amid a mix of anxiety and hopes, as the country is still fighting against the third wave of the pandemic, but much-anticipated vaccinations have finally begun. The Ministry of Education has said it would expand in-person classes this year, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of people working at restaurants and hotels fell by a record 24,000 in January amid the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the labor ministry said Thursday. The total number of workers in the restaurant and hotel industry stood at 1.05 million last month, down 24,000, or [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Throwing graduation caps will be a rare scene to witness this year as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage on. Most universities and colleges have decided to cancel, minimize, or hold graduation ceremonies online. Pusan National University has cancelled its offline graduation ceremony and instead decided to distribute graduation [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — In the midst of the sharp increase in telecommuting due to the coronavirus pandemic, shoe repair shops in high-rise office building areas are facing a crisis with a steep decline in the number of customers. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, 49 shoe repair shops in the city shut [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s personal computer (PC) market grew more than 15 percent last year, industry data showed Wednesday, due to the rise of online education and remote working amid the pandemic. Domestic PC shipments totaled 5.26 million units in 2020, up 15.7 percent from a year ago, according to the [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of temporary and daily jobs for 20-somethings in South Korea plunged nearly 18 percent in January amid the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Wednesday. The country had 997,000 temporary and daily workers in their 20s last month, down 17.7 percent, or 214,000, from a year earlier, according to [...]