SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Police will invest 9.1 billion won (US$6.8 million) over the next three years to develop technology for detecting deepfake, voice cloning and other fabricated content, the police agency said Thursday. The National Police Agency announced the investment as part of its budget plan for next year, which totals 13.54 [...]
SEOUL, Sept.17 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Police Agency of South Korea has closed over 200 police substations (police box or police stand) since announcing a nationwide closure plan last October, according to recent data. The closures, which have disproportionately affected Seoul, reflect an apparent sensitivity to concerns about potential security gaps in certain areas. Representative [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A new enforcement decree will go into effect next week, permitting firms to collect personal information necessary for service provision without users’ consent, officials said Thursday. The Personal Information Protection Commission said a new enforcement decree on personal data protection will take effect starting Sunday. Currently, online businesses are [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The financial regulator said Wednesday it will work to strengthen punishment for illegal money lending businesses and nullify their very contracts that are deemed antisocial. The move follows a recent spike in the number of complaints against loan sharks, which jumped from 10,350 in 2022 to 12,884 last year, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Parents who have at least 30 million won (US$22,336) in unpaid child support or default on such payments three times or more will be subject to penalties, such as overseas travel bans and driver’s license suspension, the gender ministry said Tuesday. Such punitive measures were made possible as the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The health ministry said Monday it has requested police probe into those who drew up and circulated a “blacklist” of emergency physicians opting not to join their striking colleagues, calling such acts an “inexcusable crime” and vowing a stern response. An online post was uploaded to a website believed [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol is open to readjusting the country’s medical school admission quota for 2026 and would welcome it if a negotiating panel is formed between the rival parties, the government and the medical community to discuss the issue, an official said Friday. The position raises hope for [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea again launched balloons likely carrying trash toward South Korea on Wednesday, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, marking a resumption of its trash-balloon campaign after a near monthlong halt. The JCS said an unspecified number of balloons could travel to northern Gyeonggi Province, just north of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The government proposed raising the pension contribution rate to 13 percent from 9 percent and differentiating the pace of raising the contribution rate by age group, Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said, in what would be the biggest overhaul of the ailing pension system in 21 years. Details of the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government has announced plans to implement a unified system for writing foreign names in administrative documents, a move aimed at reducing bureaucratic inefficiencies and confusion caused by inconsistent name notations. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety disclosed on August 28 that it has drafted a set [...]