SEOUL, April 15, (Korea Bizwire) — In an effort to protect consumers from online shopping mishaps, the Seoul Metropolitan Government has introduced a new self-assessment service designed to help residents identify and prevent potential e-commerce risks before making purchases. The interactive service, launched through the city’s E-Commerce Center, draws on an extensive database of 7,000 [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – While fewer people now think that COVID-19 poses a risk to individuals and society, lifting the outdoor mask mandate is still seen as an premature decision, a poll showed Monday. A research team led by Prof. Yoo Myung-soon of Seoul National University’s graduate school of public health conducted a [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) revealed Monday that it will implement a ‘deliberation policy’ in which an investor will be required to take time before making a final decision to invest in high-risk financial products. The policy will take effect as early as this coming August. Currently, citizens [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will make efforts to prevent rising North Korean risks from hampering foreign investment in the country following North Korea’s latest nuclear test and rocket launch, the trade minister said Thursday. After carrying out an alleged hydrogen bomb test in early January, Pyongyang defiantly launched a long-range rocket [...]
SEOUL, Dec.4 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has shown that married couples who spend their whole lives together have similar health risks. There was a two to three times higher chance that a wife would be at risk for cardiovascular disorders when her husband was also at risk for the same type of illness. [...]