The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, the more militant of the nation s two largest umbrella labor organizations, has announced a nationwide two-week general strike starting Monday to call for the resignation of President Yoon Suk Yeol. The strike, expected to involve between 400,000 to 500,000 workers, comes in protest of Yoon’s proposed labor reform measures and as a broader pushback against perceived ant.
South Korea attracted a record number of 82,000 foreign national patients in 2022, mainly for plastic surgery and dermatological treatments, according to a report on Sunday. According to the Korea Health Industry Development Institute's "Foreign Patients Attraction Performance Report," only 13.8 percent of the 64,464 foreign national patients in 2009 sought plastic surgery or dermatology. However, by 2.
About 150 soldiers and civilian military personnel have died over the past year with suicide being a leading cause of death in the military, data showed Thursday. According to the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, the number of deaths of soldiers and civilian military personnel reported to the Military Rights Protection Office as of June 20 was 147. The Military Rights Protection Office is a dedicated organi.
Food safety authorities on Wednesday warned people to wash hands promptly after handling or cooking raw eggs, citing food poisoning risks from Salmonella, a harmful bacterium found in poultry and mammal intestines. There have been numerous cases of food poisoning caused by cross-contamination, where individuals handle eggs and then fail to wash their hands before cooking food or touching other cooking utensils, accor.
The health insurance payments made by all foreign subscribers exceeded the cost of the medical services they actually received, data showed Wednesday. In 2022, the National Health Insurance Service reported a surplus of 556 billion won ($426 million) in operating the health insurance program for foreign subscribers which includes foreign national residents, ethnic Korean residents with foreign citizenship and Kore.