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Online shopping inches up in October on increased food purchases, food delivery

Online shopping sales in Korea inched up 0.6 percent on-year in October, driven by increased demand in food purchases and food delivery services, the statistics agency said Monday.

Dec 2, 2024By Yonhap
Online shopping inches up in October on increased food purchases, food delivery

Korea to stage enhanced crackdown on illegal fishing by Chinese boats

Korea's oceans ministry said Monday that it plans to implement an enhanced crackdown on Chinese boats fishing illegally in the West Sea this week in cooperation with the Coast Guard.

Dec 2, 2024By Yonhap
Korea to stage enhanced crackdown on illegal fishing by Chinese boats

Leisure boat with 3 aboard goes missing in East Sea

A search and rescue operation is under way in the sea off the southeastern county of Uljin on Monday after a leisure boat with three people on board went missing the previous day, police said.

Dec 2, 2024By Yonhap
Leisure boat with 3 aboard goes missing in East Sea

Consultative body on doctors' walkout breaks up due to boycott by doctors

A consultative body involving the ruling party, the government and doctors' groups broke up Sunday, 20 days after its creation for the resolution of a prolonged walkout by trainee doctors, as doctors' groups decided to boycott future meetings.

Dec 1, 2024By Yonhap
Consultative body on doctors' walkout breaks up due to boycott by doctors

Forensic agency conducts record no. of 'unintended speeding' car crash analysis in 2024

A record number of drivers have requested the National Forensic Service this year for an analysis of their car crashes, claiming the vehicles "suddenly accelerated" on their own, data showed Sunday, but no case has been determined to have been caused by vehicle defects.

Dec 1, 2024By Yonhap
Forensic agency conducts record no. of 'unintended speeding' car crash analysis in 2024

4 Greenpeace activists detained for questioning after 12-hour protest atop LPG tanker

Police have detained four foreign Greenpeace activists for questioning after they illegally boarded an LPG tanker and staged a protest demanding a reduction in plastic production, officials said Sunday.

Dec 1, 2024By Yonhap
4 Greenpeace activists detained for questioning after 12-hour protest atop LPG tanker
  • Over 100 countries back plastic treaty caps as talks reach fierce finish

Why Gen Zers are leaving public servant jobs

Low wages, rigid work culture and ineffective systems in Korea's public service sector are driving away young public servants, encompassing millennials, born between 1981 and 1996, and Gen Zers, born between 1997 and 2012 — leading an increasing number of them to ditch their jobs.

Nov 30, 2024By Anna J. Park
Why Gen Zers are leaving public servant jobs

Korea to introduce AI textbooks in 2025 amid digital overuse concerns

The government will introduce artificial intelligence (AI) textbooks for English, mathematics and information technology classes starting next year, despite concerns about the effectiveness of digital learning and the potential for increased digital dependency among teenagers, the Ministry of Education said Friday.

Nov 29, 2024By Jung Da-hyun
Korea to introduce AI textbooks in 2025 amid digital overuse concerns

Seoul Metro's No. 3 union threatens strike on Dec. 6

The No. 3 labor union of Seoul Metro, the operator of subway lines 1-8, threatened Friday to stage a full-scale strike next week in demand of better pay and new staff hiring.

Nov 29, 2024By Yonhap
Seoul Metro's No. 3 union threatens strike on Dec. 6

76 AI-based digital textbooks certified for classroom use for first time

Seventy-six artificial intelligence-based digital textbooks have been certified for classroom use for the first time, covering elementary to high school students, the education ministry said Friday.

Nov 29, 2024By Yonhap
76 AI-based digital textbooks certified for classroom use for first time
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