Tag: South Korea
Nearly half a million S. Koreans move to rural areas in 2018
Nearly half a million South Koreans relocated to farms and other rural areas last year, government data showed Thursday, as the government strengthened measures and support for rural settlements. The […]
Bucheon Int’l Fantastic Film Festival to open
South Korea’s largest annual genre film festival will open late Thursday in Bucheon, just west of Seoul, featuring 288 movies from 49 countries. The 23rd Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival […]
[South Korea] Institute offers help for English-speaking foreigners suffering mental problems
A Korean medical institute has launched a service to help English-speaking foreigners here who are experiencing mental problems. Chaum, under Korean medical conglomerate CHA Medical Group, made the move in […]
[South Korea] new crop of young people seek to realize their dreams in farming
While most young jobseekers in South Korea unusually struggle to find well-paying positions at big name companies, such as Samsung, Jeong Kang-seok took a different approach upon graduating from college. […]
Seoul to complete privatization of Woori Financial by 2022
The government plans to sell its remaining stake in Woori Financial Holdings Co. by 2022, in a bid to recoup taxpayers’ money that was used to bail out the financial […]
Gender equality may lead to economic growth: vice gender equality minister
Increasing gender equality in the workplace will give the South Korean economy additional momentum to grow further, the vice minister of gender equality and family said Monday. “Gender diversity in […]
2 Russian bombers enter S. Korea’s air defense zone
Two Russian military aircraft violated South Korea’s air defense identification zone (KADIZ) on Thursday, prompting the Air Force to scramble fighter jets in response, a military source here said. The […]
South Korea: over 700 cases of workplace sexual harassment reported in 1 year
Workplace sexual harassment is still prevalent in Korea despite measures to increase awareness of sexual crimes and the #MeToo movement, with insufficient measures to properly discipline the offenders, according to […]
In graying S. Korea, retirees delay receiving public pension
At 62, Kim Byung-jong reached public pension age last month. Instead of automatically taking the state pension, Kim, a retired car salesman, asked the National Pension Service (NPS), the operator […]
S. Korea, China hold economic cooperation talks amid U.S. campaign against Huawei
South Korea and China held their annual vice-ministerial economic cooperation talks Wednesday amid a U.S. campaign to push allies to shun Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies Co. Vice Foreign Minister […]