SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The weekly protest rally demanding Japan’s apology to victims of its wartime sex slavery marked its 1,400th edition Wednesday amid an escalating diplomatic and trade row between Seoul and Tokyo. Nearly 20,000 activists, students and other citizens assembled to participate in the 27-year-old protest in front of the former [...]
GOSEONG, Apr. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The misbehavior of some outsiders in the fire ravaged areas of Gangwon Province is making it difficult for the victims. According to residents of the forest fire-stricken area of Sokcho and Goseong County in Gangwon Province on Monday, some outsiders came to the village and took pictures of houses [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The work to dismantle a memorial altar for the victims of the 2014 Sewol ferry accident kicked off at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul on Monday, five years after the deadly disaster rocked the country. The work was expected to take about four hours, Seoul city said. At the [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid a massive sex cam scandal exposed by South Korean singer Jung Joon-young, many South Koreans are calling against revealing the victims. Victims, once known to the public, may be subject to retribution or secondary crimes. Also, those who were falsely referred to as “victims” may also be subject [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Seven in 10 surviving victims of a deadly humidifier sterilizer scandal in South Korea are suffering from chronic anger, a government committee said Thursday. The Special Commission on Social Disaster Investigation made the announcement after polling 100 households victimized by the unprecedented scandal between Oct. 2 and Dec. 20 [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Recent data shows that 8 out of 100 employees in the public service or at private companies in South Korea have suffered from sexual harassment at work. However, of the total victims, more than 80 percent suffered the harassment in silence and did nothing about it. According to the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 50,000 people were victims of phone financial scams last year, amounting to 444 billion won (US$396.78 million) in lost money, regulator data showed Thursday. The amount of money lost to scams increased 82.7 percent from 2017 as people fell victim to phone calls coaxing them to reveal their [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Among victims sexually harassed by offenders who took illicit videos of them and shared them online, 60 percent were videotaped by their spouse, partner, or colleagues at work. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family announced a report from the Center to Support Digital Sex Crime Victims on Thursday. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Contrary to popular belief, young people were found to have fallen prey to voice phishing scams more than senior citizens, data showed Tuesday. According to the data from the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), those in their 20s and 30s lost 42.5 billion won (US$37.26 million) from this kind of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Victims of tainted humidifier disinfectant will soon have an easier time applying for special financial assistance from the government. The Ministry of Environment said that it was providing advance legislation notice regarding the issue from November 29 to December 7. The victims of the disinfectant scandal are categorized into [...]