SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — An Army boot camp has decided to implement a total ban on smoking after it ran a trial program allowing trainees to smoke for two months. The Korea Army Training Center in the central city of Nonsan, 213 kilometers south of Seoul, decided to halt the trial program and [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean health authorities have announced plans to ban smoking completely at all cafés across the country from July. The Ministry of Health and Welfare is set to pass an amendment to the National Health Promotion Act by the end of next month, officials said on Thursday. Under the revised [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The smoking ban in pool halls across South Korea that took effect on Sunday is drawing mixed reviews, with some business owners expressing concern over the negative economic impact of the new policy. Under the new amendment to the National Health Promotion Act, a smoking ban in public spaces now [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Smokers lighting up in the comfort of their homes will no longer be able to continue in safe anonymity. On August 9, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced that it had revised existing regulations to cut down on indoor smoking in residential apartments. Under the new policy, apartment [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – May 31 was World No Tobacco Day. Korea also celebrated the event’s 29th anniversary with various stop-smoking events across the country. The Ministry of National Defense announced a policy to reduce soldiers’ smoking rate from the current 40 percent to 30 percent by 2020. It is offering leave to [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A new anti-smoking regulation that bans smoking near subway exits went into effect Sunday, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said. The regulation forbids smoking within 10 meters of all subways exits in Seoul. Violators will be fined 100,000 won (US$87.68) starting in September after a grace period of four months. [...]
YEONGAM, Jun. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Samho Heavy Industry (HSHI) and the Yeongam Health Center signed an MoU on June 3 to develop a clean work place without smoking by establishing a fund to support the project. Both sides will operate a fund of 15 million won (US$ 13,540), established by 150 people paying [...]
SEOUL, December 15 (Korea Bizwire) – As of January 1, 2015, all restaurants, cafes, bars and bakeries in South Korea are to go smoke free regardless of their size. Korea, once known as a smoker’s paradise, has seen an expansion of smoking bans in public and business places since 2009. In 2009, South Korea’s Ministry for Health [...]