SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of South Koreans who have signed advance statements indicating their desire to avoid meaningless life-sustaining medical treatment if they are near death is approaching 2 million. According to monthly estimates of registrations for advance statements on life-sustaining medical treatment compiled by the National Agency for Management of Life-Sustaining [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent report reveals that Incheon International Airport has grappled with the impact of illegal drone activities, resulting in over 80 flight disruptions, including delays and diversions, within the past three years. Based on data furnished by the Incheon International Airport Corporation to the National Assembly and made public [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea witnessed a decline in its suicide rate and the number of suicide deaths last year compared to a year earlier but suicides among teenagers and individuals in their 40s increased. The overall decline in the suicide rate can be attributed to the return to normalcy following the termination [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of closed schools is increasing across the country due to a low birth rate and population concentration in metropolitan areas. However, one out of four closed schools remains abandoned without being repurposed. According to data on the current trend of closed school assets compiled by city and provincial [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The value of damage to agricultural crops caused by wildlife such as boars and elk amounted to 54.2 billion won over the past five years. According to data received by Eoh Kiy-ku, a lawmaker from the Democratic Party, from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Agriculture [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A KF-16 fighter jet crashed during takeoff from its base in the southwestern county of Seosan on Thursday, and the lone pilot safely ejected before being taken to a hospital, the Air Force said. The jet belonging to the 20th Fighter Wing went down at the base in Seosan, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a 20-year prison sentence for the so-called spin kick assailant in the southeastern port city of Busan, who caused social outrage last year due to his brutal attacks on a female stranger for the purpose of rape. The defendant, whose identity has been [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean court has ordered the demolition of a café building in Ulsan that imitated a famous award-winning café building in Gijang, Busan. The 11th Civil Chamber of the Seoul Western District Court ruled partially in favor of Kwak Hee-soo, the head of IDMM Architects, who filed a compensation suit [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – More than four out of 10 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that have filed patent applications have suffered damages from technology theft but did not take separate measures due to difficulty in verifying the extent of the damages. The Korea Federation of Small and Medium Business conducted a ‘Policy Demand [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Greenpeace, a non-governmental environmental organization, said Wednesday it will file a constitutional petition urging the adoption of a system that requires listed companies to disclose information on their response to climate change. The petition, joined by 167 people as petitioners, will be submitted to the Constitutional Court later in [...]