SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, the number of cases in which foreign airlines have rejected refund requests has more than quadrupled compared to a year ago. The number of cases filed for damage claims against foreign airlines for refund refusals stood at 887 in the January to August period [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — WeMakePrice, a local open market operator, announced Wednesday that it will expand the ‘Fresh Food Quality Guarantee Program’ that promises a full refund if customers aren’t satisfied with the quality of fresh food, to cover all agricultural, fisheries, and livestock products. The new initiative comes after the program was [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s education ministry on Thursday urged universities and students to mutually resolve the latter’s growing call for tuition refunds amid the new coronavirus pandemic. “(The ministry) feels regretful that students cannot attend in-person classes due to the new coronavirus. (It) also sympathizes with universities whose budgets have been [...]
GYEONGSAN, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of university students from Gyeongsan in North Gyeongsang province began a 200-kilometer protest march towards the Ministry of Education in Sejong, South Chungcheong province, calling for a tuition refund after their schools delayed on-campus classes amid the continued coronavirus outbreak. The chairmen of the student councils at [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Almost all university students in South Korea are demanding a refund of their tuition fees for the spring semester, a poll said Tuesday, citing poor quality of online lectures currently underway due to the coronavirus. The survey of 21,784 students at 203 universities and colleges found 99.2 percent of [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean officials and universities on Thursday began to discuss how to meet students’ growing calls for refunds over disruptions in schools caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Most universities delayed the start of the new semester by two weeks last month and are running online classes to prevent the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of South Koreans are requesting that their subscription fee for KBS, the national public broadcaster, be refunded. According to a KBS report presented by Rep. Song Hee-kyoung of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party, more than 1.4 million Koreans have requested a refund of the subscription [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of underage children using their parents’ credit cards or cell phones (direct carrier billing) to pay for their gaming ventures is on the rise, and as a result, refund requests from parents receiving monthly billing surprises are also growing. According to the Korea Consumer Agency, there were [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 13 Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced Monday a set of plans for the local automotive industry from 2017 to 2021 to better prepare South Korea for the imminent era of autonomous vehicles. According to the ministry, demand for safer vehicles will only increase given Korea’s rapidly aging [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Environment announced Monday a revision to the Clean Air Conservation Act in an effort to improve the country’s legal framework and toughen penalties in the case of a “second” VW emissions scandal that may arise in the future. To begin with, the revision will allow the [...]