...tments to be made to proposed reforms to working time limits. The Ministry of Employment and Labor's plan unveiled earlier this month aimed to allow maximum working hours of up to 69 hours in a week.... eye on the longer working hours of employees," the spokesperson said at a briefing Thursday. Yoon's remark, delivered before he left for a summit in Tokyo on the same day, was widely viewed as his a...

...n lender will be providing a total of 500 billion won ($381.2 million) for SMEs. To receive the benefits of these loans, such as interest rate discounts, companies must first select among the lender's nine key performance indicators for sustainability-linked loans and set up their own ESG goals. The local firms also have to manage their firms accordingly to reach their goal. KB's nine key performance indicators for sustainability-linked loans include criteria such as the employment rate of people with disabilities, the development of a code of ethics, and the establishment o...

South Korea’s military said late Wednesday that it would look into claims made by the grandson of the late former President Chun Doo-hwan that his acquaintances, incumbent officers in the military, h...ing to further comment on the issue. The two military men are reportedly lieutenants of the country’s Department of Defense and the Air Force. The Ministry of Defense said that the claims raised by C...

...ng 8,875 units of 27 different models, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said in a statement. The recalls are due to software problems with the electronic steering system in Hyundai's Avante N model, software problems in BMW's iX3 M Sport model's wireless charging system and the faulty rear camera system in the Cadillac XT5 imported by GM Asia-Pacific regional headquarters. Vehicle owners can visit designated repair and ...

South Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell below 10,000 Thursday, the lowest Thursday figure in two weeks, in a moderate decline in the virus trend. The country reported 9,934 new COVID-19 infections, in...g the total caseload to 30,672,163, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said. Thursday's count is down from 10,885 logged a week ago, and the lowest daily tally since 7,551 reported March...

2) 파트 5 3문제 1. The blueprints presented by the ------- need the CEO's approval, but a committee will first examine the design and give recommendations. (A) architectural (B) architect (C) architecturally (D) architecture 해석-- 건축가가 제시한 청사진은 최고 경영자의 승인을 필요로 하지만, 위원회가 우선 설계를 검토하고 제안을 할 것이다. 해설-- 사람명사, 추상명사 구별하여 채우기 문제 정관사(the) 뒤에 빈칸이 왔으므로 명사 (B)와 (D)가 정답의 후보이다. ‘건축가가 제시한 청사진은 최고 경영자의 승인을 필...

Seoul stocks opened sharply lower Thursday on worries that global investment bank Credit Suisse's fiasco may spread to other financial institutions. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index s...t, while chemical giant LG Chem added 0.83 percent. The local currency was changing hands at 1,315.7 won against the greenback as of 9:15 a.m., down 12 won from the previous session's close. (Yonhap)

... or did he not know about it as claimed by some? Did the US really send a helicopter that saved Kim’s life at the last minute? Why did the operation get aborted halfway through? In 2004, the National...our video recording of which was uncovered and disclosed to the public in 2021 by Yonsei University’s Kim Dae-jung Presidential Library and Museum. In the video, Kim tells the US weekly’s Bernard Kri...

... South Korean presidential office said in a statement. Yoon ordered countermeasures to North Korea’s ICBM launch at the meeting before departing for Tokyo on Thursday morning for his meeting with Jap...tal city of Pyongyang toward the East Sea at around 07:10 a.m. local time, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. The ICBM followed a lofted trajectory and traveled around 1,000 kilometers...

...ercent from a month ago, according to the data by Mobile Index. It is the first time that Facebook’s MAU in South Korea dropped below the 10-million threshold since the Mobile Index started to compil...said the decline came as the younger generation prefers using other social media more compatible with short-form content like Instagram compared to Facebook’s traditional text-heavy features. (Yonhap)

...convey his apology to those affected,” it added. * Ask for forgiveness: 용서를 구하다 * Deep within one’s heart: 마음 속 깊은 곳에서 [4] On Saturday, Ahn had denied all accusations of being a school violence per...ceive proper care after giving birth. Postpartum care has traditionally been provided by the mother's family members, but with changes in family structure, such personal and hands-on care has been shi...

President Yoon Suk Yeol’s controversial speech on the 104th anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement prompted me to watch two movies: “A Resistance” and “Anarchist from Colony.” Both are base.... One dies in prison of injuries from torture, at age 18. The other receives a life sentence. Japan’s surrender in World War II finally frees him from prison 22 years later. “A Resistance” focuses on...

South Korea's Navy is participating in a US-led multinational anti-submarine warfare exercise in waters off Guam, officials said Wednesday. The Navy sent two P-3 maritime surveillance aircraft and 4...wo strategic cruise missiles from a submarine in waters off its east coast Sunday. It is the North's first firing of cruise missiles from a submarine, widely viewed as an apparent show of force again...

Boy band E’Last will greet fans in Seoul on March 24, said agency E Entertainment on Wednesday. This is the first time the bandmates are meeting their fans in person this year and the event will be livestreamed as well. They celebrated 1,000-day anniversary earlier this month and chatted with fans online to mark the occasion. The band dropped the digital single “Thrill” last month, its first ne...