SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said Thursday that the government is ready for talks with doctors if they propose a debate on medical reform. Cho made the remarks after a debate between the government and medical professors at Seoul National University (SNU) last week, focusing on the medical reform aimed [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea said Thursday its constitution clearly defines South Korea as a “hostile state,” highly suggesting that Pyongyang has amended its constitution in line with leader Kim Jong-un’s order to codify the South as an enemy, not a partner for reconciliation and unification. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – In a rare moment of emotional candor for the K-pop industry, Hanni (Phạm Ngọc Hân), a 20-year-old member of the popular girl group NewJeans, testified before a National Assembly committee about her experiences with workplace bullying and isolation, drawing international attention to labor practices in South Korea’s entertainment sector. Hanni’s [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent report by the Korea Consumer Agency has shed light on growing concerns in the domestic matchmaking industry, revealing that consumers who sought redress for grievances paid an average of 3.46 million won for matchmaking services. The agency’s data, released on October 16, shows a troubling trend in the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The Alliance of National University Hospital Labor Unions in South Korea raised alarm on October 16 over the rapidly deteriorating financial health of the country’s public university hospitals. The coalition reported that in the first half of this year alone, 16 national university hospitals have already accumulated a total debt [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on October 15 that it will conduct a comprehensive audit of 1,000 medical clinics that handle propofol, a powerful sedative, on average more than once a day. The audits will run from November 17 through January of next year. City officials cited the increasing misuse [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Police have rounded up 474 people connected to deepfake sex crimes so far this year, the National Police Agency (NPA) said Wednesday. Police received 921 reports related to deepfake sex crimes between January and Monday, and they have arrested 474 suspects during this period, according to the NPA. Over [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans voted Wednesday to elect the education chief of Seoul and four local government heads, with the result expected to serve as a litmus test of public sentiment since the April general elections. Up for grabs in Wednesday’s by-elections are five local administrative seats — the superintendent of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will provide low-interest loans and other support worth 8.8 trillion won (US$6.45 billion) for the semiconductor industry by next year in an effort to strengthen the competitiveness of the advanced sector, the finance ministry said Wednesday. It is part of execution plans for the comprehensive support package [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea added more than 100,000 jobs for the third consecutive month in September, but jobs in the construction sector fell by the most ever amid an industry slowdown, data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people came to 28.84 million last month, up 144,000 from a year earlier, [...]