SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Employees in emotional labor sectors like big-box retailers or department stores are critically exposed to human rights abuses such as rude talks, abusive words and blatant ignorance by the customers, according to a local survey. Meanwhile, the employers in the sectors tend to add much insult to the injury [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) – During the whole month of July, Seoul will be the heaven for foreign shoppers: The Seoul Metropolitan City government is staging a “Seoul Summer Sale 2014” event in tandem with the upcoming summer holiday season. From July 1 through 31, roughly 1,200 shops in the city including department stores, duty [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Not unlike any other big cities, it is hard to hail a taxi cab and get one in Seoul. Especially in some crowed places like Gangnam, Jongro and Sinchon during the late night after midnight, it is literally impossible to take one. To solve the problem, the Seoul Metropolitan City government will [...]