BUSAN, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The city government of Busan said Thursday it would provide free pet insurance to people who adopt abandoned dogs. The policy will offer one year of coverage to those who adopt a dog from a local animal protection or adoption center. The insurance will cover 60 percent of the [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) – On Disability Day, over 2,000 people from 140 organizations, including the National Federation for the Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (SADD), gathered near the presidential office in Seoul to demand the elimination of discrimination and hatred against people with disabilities. They called for a budget for people with disabilities for [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) –Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (SADD) organized a surprise subway-riding protest at Seoul’s Myeongdong Station on the 43rd Day of Persons with Disabilities, leading to a 15-minute disruption in train services. The group demanded an increased budget for disabled people and their mobility rights. SADD has previously staged similar protests at [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — With canned beer permitted at some baseball stadiums this season, convenience store chains are scrambling to host various beer promotional events. Emart24 is currently offering a beer package of six cans (two kinds) for 9,900 won (US$7.48). Customers who purchase the beer package can also sign up for a [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The neologism “DeukTem” (득템) in Korean refers to the act of obtaining an item, where “Deuk” means “to get” and “Tem” means “item”. Originally coined in the context of acquiring valuable items in online games, the term has been adapted to describe situations where one acquires a particularly good [...]
JINJU, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) —The ‘Cheonwon (1000 won) Breakfast’ program, which provides affordable and nutritious breakfasts to college students, is struggling to gain participation from universities in South Gyeongsang Province. Only one out of 23 universities in the province is currently participating in the program due to budgetary issues and uncertainty about demand. Other [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A ceremony was held on Thursday to celebrate the start of the Wirye tram line construction. Once the construction is complete, trams will return to Seoul for the first time in 57 years. The Wirye Line, scheduled for completion in 2025, will run 5.8 kilometers from Seoul Metro’s Macheon [...]
CHUNCHEON, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Police officers rescued a black puppy tied to a fence during a wildfire in Gyeongpo-dong, South Korea. The officers brought the puppy to the Gyeongpo Security Center and tried to find the owner through various channels but failed to do so. The puppy, estimated to be two to three [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The amount of pesticides sprayed by golf courses in South Korea to manage their greens and fairways has been on an upward trend. According to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Environment, the nation’s 545 golf courses used 213 tons of pesticides in 2021, up 5.4 percent from [...]
GANGNEUNG, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Heading straight to the site of the disaster, some 20 government officials received a distress call indicating that a wildfire had broken out in the eastern coastal city of Gangneung and was being fanned by strong winds toward Gyeongpodae Pavilion, a state-designated cultural treasure. The site of the fire [...]