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Gov't Aims to Attract Record 20 Mln. Foreign Tourists in 2024-Friday, December 8, 2023,09:36

[Culture] : The government plans to attract 20 million foreign tourists and reap 24-and-a-half billion dollars in tourism revenue next year.  The government unveiled the goal during a meeting on tourism strategies chaired by Prime Minister Han Duck-soo in Gwangju on Friday.   The government’s target tops the ...[more...]

KDCA: Nearly Half of Deaths Resulting from Injuries Involved Suicide, Self-injury in 2022-Friday, December 8, 2023,09:13

[Domestic] : The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency(KDCA) has estimated that around half of people who died last year due to injuries involved suicide or self-harm.  The agency unveiled the assessment when announcing the results of an inspection of 23 hospitals regarding such deaths.  Officials found ...[more...]

Gov't to Introduce System of "Attending Physicians for Dementia Patients" Next Summer-Friday, December 8, 2023,08:54

[Politics] : The government plans to introduce next summer a system in which attending physicians will personally treat and provide care for dementia patients.  Ruling People Power Party Rep. Kang Gi-yun, a senior member of the National Assembly’s Health and Welfare Committee, said the government and the ruling ...[more...]

DP Condemns Gov't, Ruling Camp over Contentious Bills being Scrapped-Friday, December 8, 2023,08:39

[Politics] : The main opposition Democratic Party(DP) has condemned the government and ruling camp over parliament voting down on Friday four contentious bills that President Yoon Suk Yeol had vetoed last week.  DP floor leader Hong Ihk-pyo said in a rally held on the stairs of the Rotunda Hall in the National ...[more...]

Gov't Unveils Guidelines on Preventing Discrimination Against Nonregular Workers in Welfare, Wages-Friday, December 8, 2023,08:27

[Domestic] : The labor ministry on Friday unveiled guidelines on preventing discrimination against temporary, part-time and dispatched workers in wages or welfare benefits. The guidelines provide employers with basic principles, recommendations based on specific cases and a checklist for workplaces.  The ...[more...]

Nat'l Assembly Votes down 4 Bills Vetoed by Pres. Yoon-Friday, December 8, 2023,07:10

[Politics] : The National Assembly failed to override President Yoon Suk Yeol’s veto of four contentious bills on Friday. With 291 lawmakers in attendance, the so-called “yellow envelope bill” was rejected in a plenary session on Friday, with 175 in favor, 115 against and one abstention. The pro-labor bill aimed ...[more...]

KOSPI Ends Friday Up 1.03%-Friday, December 8, 2023,06:40

[Economy] : The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) gained 25-point-78 points, or one-point-03 percent, on Friday, to close the week at two-thousand-517-point-85. The tech-heavy KOSDAQ also jumped, climbing 17-point-17 points, or two-point-11 percent, to close at 830-point-37. On the foreign ...[more...]

Parliament Approves of Jo Hee-de as Supreme Court Chief Justice-Friday, December 8, 2023,06:29

[Politics] : The National Assembly on Friday approved of the appointment of Supreme Court Chief Justice nominee Jo Hee-de. The motion for the appointment passed in a vote of 264 to 18 with ten abstentions, filling the 74-day vacuum in the top court that included a two-month gap after the opposition-controlled parliament ...[more...]