SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 7 out of 10 South Koreans agree that President Yoon Suk Yeol should step down immediately or be impeached over his martial law declaration, a survey showed Thursday. According to a survey by Realmeter on 507 people aged 18 or older conducted on Wednesday, 74.8 percent responded [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The health ministry on Friday ordered 221 training hospitals to ban mass leave and maintain essential medical personnel, as trainee doctors decided to submit their letters of collective resignations in protest of a plan to boost the number of medical students. The order came hours after trainee doctors of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Trainee doctors of five major general hospitals in Seoul have decided to submit their letters of resignation en masse Monday, in a move certain to intensify their strike threat over a plan to boost the number of medical students, a group of trainee doctors has said. Friday’s decision came [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Mentions about job transfers and quitting jobs have increased in the last three years over the pandemic, a Seoul-based PR agency said Wednesday. KPR & Associates, Inc. conducted a big data study of 190,000 mentions about job transfers and resignations online, in which 132,000 mentions were made in 2022, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s top mobile messenger KakaoTalk, said Monday its nominee for a new co-CEO, Ryu Young-joon, has offered to resign over controversial stock selloffs. Ryu, who has served as the chief of Kakao’s payment arm, Kakao Pay, was named to lead the tech giant [...]
BUSAN, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The mayor of Busan, South Korea’s largest port city, on Thursday resigned and apologized for sexual harassment. “In a short meeting that lasted five minutes, there was unnecessary physical contact with a person. I realized that this could be recognized as an indecent assault, (something) that should not have [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — In an unexpected move, Justice Minister Cho Kuk offered to resign Monday amid an ongoing probe into corruption allegations involving his family. “I judged I should not add a burden to the president and the government regarding my family affairs. I think the time has come for me to [...]
MONTRÉAL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Komet Resources Inc. (“Komet” or the “Corporation”) announces the resignation of Mr. Lucas Werner Claessens as President and Director of the Corporation as well as the resignation of Mr. Pascal Van Osta as Vice-President Exploration of the Corporation, as a result of management’s decision to sell Komet’s African assets. [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Kumho-Asiana Group said Thursday its chairman will resign from key managerial posts, holding himself responsible for the recent controversy over an audit report for Asiana Airlines Inc. Park Sam-koo will step down as group chairman and CEO of flagship Asiana Airlines and Kumho Industrial Co., the group’s holding company. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – An increasing number of private businesses including restaurants, stores, and hotels have begun hanging up banners calling for embattled South Korean President Park Geun-Hye to step down, with some even offering goods or services for free or at big discounts. The owner of a tuna restaurant in Gwangju put [...]