SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is considering sending a team of personnel to Ukraine to monitor North Korean troops being deployed to support Russia, a government source said Tuesday. Last week, Seoul’s spy agency said North Korea sent some 1,500 special forces to Russia this month to take part in the war [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The office of President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed Thursday to push for major reform agenda items after the ruling People Power Party (PPP) won crucial by-elections on its home turf. The PPP secured victories in its traditional stronghold constituencies — Busan’s Geumjeong District and Incheon’s Ganghwa County — in [...]
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 [...]
SUWON, South Korea, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Gyeonggi Province Gov. Kim Dong-yeon said Monday his government is considering designating some of the inter-Korean border areas within the province as “danger zones” to stop North Korean defectors and activists from sending anti-North Korea propaganda leaflets across the border. Kim made the remarks during a parliamentary [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Assembly is set to kick off its annual inspection of the government and state agencies Monday for a 26-day run. On the first day of the audit, 10 of the Assembly’s 17 standing committees will hold inspection hearings to scrutinize the management of the central and regional [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul city government said Sunday it has revised its pilot program for providing Filipina domestic workers to households, following about a month of the program’s implementation. The revisions, made during meetings between the labor ministry and other relevant parties, will take effect this month to address issues that arose [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – As the fever for medical school admissions intensifies in South Korea, lawmakers and education activists are pushing for legislation to regulate so-called “elementary med school” classes, where young children are taught advanced mathematics concepts typically reserved for high school or even university curricula. On September 30, Representative Kang Kyung-sook of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The government and the ruling People Power Party (PPP) agreed Thursday to provide new scholarships to 1,000 graduate students in science and engineering fields from next year. A scholarship of 5 million won (US$3,750) will be granted to each student annually as part of efforts to foster talents in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The government will work to further advance its evaluation system for policy loans to startup businesses, a move aimed at identifying areas that can make the most out of the much-needed funds, the vice chief of the financial regulator said Wednesday. Kim So-young, deputy head of the Financial Services [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The government and the ruling People Power Party (PPP) agreed Tuesday to take measures to support the unemployed youth and to swiftly pass a bill aimed at assisting the “youth in crisis.” During their policy consultations, the two sides decided to support young people seeking employment by increasing work [...]