SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — When it comes to an international film festival, typical scenes pop into one’s mind. Big-name silver screen stars and filmmakers dressed to the nines walk down the red carpet for the glamorous opening ceremony, with bright camera flashes lighting up the night sky and wows and applause from spectators [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Eight out of ten South Koreans turned out to have positive opinions about municipal governments’ efforts to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The nation’s four major local associations, including the Governors Association of Korea, and the Presidential Committee on Autonomy and Decentralization conducted a public opinion survey [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Fear over coronavirus infection is inciting hatred and discrimination in Korean society. Participants at the 10th World Human Rights Cities Forum, held at the Kim Dae-jung Convention Center in the southwestern city of Gwangju from Oct. 7-10, agreed that discrimination and hatred towards foreigners, sexual minorities, and religious groups [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — “Tteokbokki,” a popular Korean snack made from rice cakes and red chili pepper sauce, has been voted the No. 1 food to lift people’s spirits during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Seoul city government said Saturday. In an online survey in September, the government asked people to name their favorite [...]
SEJONG, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea lost about 392,000 jobs in September, marking a decline in the number of the employed for the seventh consecutive month, as the coronavirus pandemic hammered job markets, data showed Friday. The country’s jobless rate rose by 0.5 percentage point on-year to 3.6 percent in September, with the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Fitness centers are expected to grow despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, thanks to the so-called ‘dumbbell economy’ in which people invest to keep themselves fit. KB Financial Group Inc., a major South Korean banking group, reported Sunday that the number of fitness centers in South Korea increased [...]
ASAN, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The new coronavirus pandemic has severely disrupted arrivals of migrant manual workers with work visas in South Korea this year, according to a lawmaker Monday. The number of international workers with the E-9 non-professional employment visas who entered the country during the January-August period reached 5,590, according to Rep. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The rare sight of hundreds of police buses packing downtown Seoul last Saturday has ignited a debate over whether such a display of force was justified in light of the coronavirus pandemic to stop mass anti-government rallies from being held. The debate comes ahead of another set of rallies [...]
TORONTO, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Altus Group Limited (“Altus Group”) (TSX: AIF), a leading provider of software, data solutions and independent advisory services to the global commercial real estate industry, today released the Altus Group Global Property Development Trends Report, which provides an outlook of the property development industry navigating through the disruption from the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Stung by the protracted new coronavirus outbreak, South Korean duty-free operators are struggling to overcome the industry-wide slump with belt-tightening measures, including increasing the number of closing days at some outlets in major local cities and cutting their overseas operations. Industry leader Lotte Duty Free began closing its outlets [...]