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 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government has announced plans to grant private sector access to biodata held by public research institutions starting next year, in a move to bolster the country’s public biodata platform. The Ministry of Science and ICT disclosed this initiative on August 28 following the third regular meeting of [...]
INCHEON, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The metro operator in Incheon, west of Seoul, said Wednesday it will install a photo zone featuring South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo at a subway station after a similar photo zone was removed last year. The announcement came after Seoul’s metro operator came under criticism that its removal [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Rival political parties held a parliamentary plenary meeting Wednesday and passed several key livelihood bills that have been stalled for months due to partisan disputes, including a nursing act that calls for nurses to play greater roles. It marks the first time since the 22nd National Assembly opened in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korean athletes who participated in the Paris Olympics are reportedly undergoing ideological examinations in Pyongyang after taking selfies with South Korean competitors, according to a report by Daily NK, citing a high-ranking source in the North Korean capital. The North Korean Olympic Committee delegation and athletes, who returned home [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean medical community is sharply divided over the nursing bill that calls for greater roles for nurses, with doctors threatening to stage anti-government rallies in case of its enactment, officials said Tuesday. In June, the ruling People Power Party and the main opposition Democratic Party each proposed a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The government and the ruling party agreed Tuesday to set aside a record budget to issue discount coupons for small businesses next year to boost spending and revitalize the economy. During a meeting between senior government officials and the People Power Party at the National Assembly, the two sides [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The ruling People Power Party (PPP) said Monday it will form a special committee to address educational, regional and financial disparities. PPP leader Han Dong-hoon made the announcement during a supreme council meeting at the party’s headquarters, pledging to “make people’s lives better with sustainable and balanced policies.” “We [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Independence fighter groups and opposition party lawmakers boycotted the government’s Liberation Day ceremony Thursday to separately commemorate the holiday in protest over the appointment of the new head of a national independence museum. The Heritage of Korean Independence (HKI), a state-funded association of independence fighters and their descendants, held [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) –Lee Yong-soo, an outspoken South Korean victim of Japan’s wartime military sexual slavery, urged the government on Wednesday to proactively intervene in securing compensation from Japan. The 96-year-old victim made the call in an interview with Yonhap News Agency during an event marking the memorial day for victims of [...]