On October 24th, the “Core Capability Test” appeared at the top of Naver’s trending topics list. Also on October 21st, “SPTI” personality test, which describes personality types as snacks, ranked first and second on the trending topics and as of October 29th, 9,265,042 people participated on it. Per
On October 27th, about 250 delivery workers of Lotte delivery service declared a strike, demanding better treatment by the courier. Earlier on October 20th, a delivery service worker at CJ Logistics died while resting at the Konjiam Herb Terminal. On October 12th, a Hanjin delivery service worker di
On October 26th, “Alternative service” was started. Alternative service is the service for the people who object to serving in the military due to personal beliefs such as religious faith or nonviolence. It allows them to serve in public services such as correctional institutions instead of military
On November 6th, the modified Enforcement Decree of The Food Sanitation Act which forces workers at restaurant to wear masks became effective to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, the personnel related to food industry were only obliged to wear hygiene caps according to the former Act. Howe
On October 1st, revised law on child abuse is coming into effect. This consists of the Child Welfare Act and Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment, etc of Child Abuse Crimes. The Ministry of Justice stated that this revision was made in order to respond to child abuse incidents. In addition
On September 25th, the “Special Act on Remedy for Damage caused by Humidifier Disinfectants” revision was enforced. Since 2011, the toxic substances in the disinfectant’s base material has been spread to the air along with water which leads to the deaths of mothers, infants, and others or lung disea
On September 3rd, Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) announced that a full set of Silla period's accessories had been unearthed at ancient tomb No. 120-2 of Hwangnam-dong, Gyeongju City with YouTube. It has been 45 years since a Silla-period’s full set of accessories have been discovered in Gyeo
On September 4th, “KT&G SangSangMaDang (SSMD)” opened in Seomyun, Busan which is the result of Busan and KT&G’s cooperative project.SSMD is a place prepared by KT&G to support the culture and arts ecosystem and to expand opportunities for citizens to experience mass culture. The four pre-existing SS
According to Innersloth's official Twitter account, the mafia indie game "Among Us" has surpassed 1.5 million simultaneous users. According to the Weekly Active Users (WAU) trend ranking released by mobile market analysis service app AP, for the third week of August, “Among Us” showed an increase of
On September 6th, the National Police Agency (NPA) announced that 1,713 people are booked after receiving 3,675 reports during the “intensive report period of dating violence” which were held from July to August. Dating violence refers to physical, mental, sexual violence that occur between former o
Starting on July 17th, the Busan Museum of Art is holding an exhibition titled "Stranger in Strangeland” until October 4th. The exhibition is being held to discover and support up-coming artists, and introduced total of 60 young artists through 15 exhibitions since it first began in March 1999. In t
On August 5th, the Flim Import Distributor’s Association decided to suspend movie content services on Korean Over the Top (OTT), also known as online video service. This includes Watcha, Wavve, and TVING. Later, Watcha officially announced that more than 400 movies will be removed from the service b
On August 9th, popular Youtuber Bogyeom, who has about 4million subscribers, received the advertising fee but it caused controversy that the video was not composed and marked as if it did not receive the advertising fee. Even if the advertisement was specified, this became a problem because it was h
On September 1st, a Special Act on the Improvement of Air Quality in Port Areas which reduces and manages air pollutant emissions was enforced. The reason of the enforcement is that existing fine dust countermeasures are mainly corresponding to large land cities and the concentration of fine dust in
From August 19th, Interns of Marine Technicians (IMT) must sign a training contract before becoming professionals in shipping. In addition, the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries said it has established a "Standard Agreement for Field Training" and "Operating Instructions of Field Training"
On July 11th, the numbers of reports have skyrocketed that larvae were found in tap water around Incheon. Subsequently, On July 20th, the reports were expanded through nationwide as the larvae was found in Seoul, Busan. In response, the Ministry of Environment (ME) conducted an emergency inspection