SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Mail carriers working in rural areas will be entitled to enjoy a five-day workweek starting next year. Korea Post, South Korea’s state-run postal service operator, decided to outsource parcel deliveries to local private businesses to reduce the burden on mail carriers stationed in rural areas. In areas where outsourcing [...]
MUAN, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The “Edu Taxi” system, first introduced by the Jeollanamdo Office of Education, is expected to spread across the country. The education office in South Jeolla Province will introduce the current status of the Edu Taxi operation at a consultative meeting of city and provincial education office officials hosted by [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will address the gap in medical services between urban and rural areas by upgrading its health care infrastructure, the country’s health ministry said Monday. Under the plans, citizens living anywhere in the country will have easy access to emergency medical services and receive treatment for serious illnesses [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Provincial authorities are shutting down international matchmaking services for single males in rural areas due to criticism from feminist groups. These programs have been underperforming due to the decreasing young male population in rural areas, and they have been accused of sexual discrimination and inciting populism. In South Gyeongsang [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The successful ‘100-won taxi’ project introduced in rural areas with poor public transportation infrastructure will continue this year after the government decided to finance the project. In addition, rural areas expected to face cuts to public transportation after the new 52-hour workweek policy takes effect on all medium-range buses [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Elementary schools across the nation are busy these days having preliminary calls for their new entrants before the start of the new school year. But not a few schools in rural areas are left with nothing to do but sit on their hands, as they have no students who [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The prevalence rate of chronic diseases, including diabetes and hypertension, is higher among people with low incomes or living in rural areas, government data showed Friday. According to the data by the Korea Health Promotion Institute, the prevalence rate of people over the age of 30 with diabetes came [...]
ROME and HANGZHOU, China, Apr. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Ant Financial Services Group today signed a Joint Declaration of Intent to explore ways to contribute to economic development in rural areas and the reduction of rural poverty in China and other developing countries. IFAD, a specialized agency [...]