Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | The government of the Republic of Korea is holding outdoor libraries at Seoul Plaza, Gwanghwamun Square and Cheonggye Stream, a popular destination for foreign tourists, as part of its efforts to promote Korean literature to the book lovers from multiple countries. The city government plans to display 693 translated books of Korean authors at the three outdoor libraries over the next two months said the Seoul Metropolitan Government on Thursday. The outdoor books exhibition begins with donated books from the Literature Translation Institute of Korea features
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | South Korea is going to digitize all criminal procedures with a purpose to achieve promptness, fairness and transparency in a criminal justice procedure and to contribute to the extension of citizens' rights and interests by improving services in the area of criminal justice announced by the Ministry of justice on Thursday. According to the Ministry of Justice, “the "Next-Generation Korea Information System of Criminal Justice Services” will officially be launched which enables the complete digitization of criminal procedures. The "Next-Generation Korea Info
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | Kimchi, a Korean traditional fermented vegetable dish is falling victim to climate change, with scientists, farmers and manufacturers saying the quality and quantity of the Napa cabbage suffering due to rising temperatures day by day. The warmer weather destroying Kimchi Napa cabbage that thrives in cooler climates. Napa cabbage is usually planted in mountainous regions where temperatures during the key growing summer season once rarely rose above 25 Celsius (77 Fahrenheit). The studies show that warmer weather brought about by climate change is now threaten
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | Two Korean climbers who went missing in the Alps have been found dead, three days after they were reported missing, said the officials of Korean embassy in France on Tuesday. Rescue officials discovered the bodies of two, identified them as a man in his 50s and a woman in her 40s, on a slope about 100 meters from the Mont Blanc summit, at around 1:15 p.m., according to the embassy. The two climbers were among the seven members with a mountaineering club that visited Chamonix-Mont- Blanc last week. According to the report, the team informed about four of the
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | Gimpo International Airport in Seoul, South Korea is going to host a new Urban Air Mobility (UAM) hub by 2030, said the city’s local government. A new Urban Air Mobility (UAM) hub project will transform the airport into new hub for industries and economy, similar to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport and Singapore’s Changi Airport. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, “a basic plan for the $2.2bn project would be completed by 2025 and the construction is expected to begin by 2027, depending on planning approvals.” By 2030, the government is planning to build
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA 기reporter | A Super Typhoon Yagi has caused more than 200 casualties in Vietnam. Heavy rains triggered by typhoon Yagi have caused severe floods and landslides in Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Thai Nguyen, and Cao Bang, resulting in multiple fatalities, injuries and missing persons. A Super Typhoon Yagi has caused more than 200 casualties in Vietnam. According to VN Express and the BBC on the 10th (local time),127 people were killed and 54 were missing in Vietnam as of 6 p.m. Most of the dead and missing people were affected by the floods and landslides caused by Typhoon Yagi. Acc
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | Google, a global tech took an initiative to produce 500,000 chrome books in Pakistan marked the occasion by presenting the first device to Shehbaz Sharif, the Prime Minister of Pakistan on September 5, 2024. Scott Beaumont, the president of Google Asia Pacific (APAC) presented the locally manufactured Chromebook to the prime minister of Pakistan during the ceremony held in Islamabad. PM Shehbaz highly appreciated the contribution of Google on the global level and an initiative in Pakistan as well. He expressed his belief that the capable young generation in
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | On the 5th, a fire broke out in a two-story warehouse in Seokjeong-ri, Poseung-eup, Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do at around 4 pm. At that time, Chief Inspector Koo Ja-woong and Sergeant Kim Kwan-sik of Poseung Police Station Team 1 of Pyeongtaek Police Station, who received a request for a joint response from the fire department while on patrol, immediately turned their patrol car toward Seokjeong-ri. The two people who arrived at the scene 6 minutes after receiving the report looked around the burning building to see if there was anyone who needed to be rescue
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | Pakistani nation marks the 59th defense day to commemorate the legends who bravely gave their selves for the country’s love in 1965 war between India and Pakistan, also known as the second India–Pakistan war. As per state owned Radio Pakistan, “It was on this day in 1965, the Indian forces crossed international border in the darkness of night to attack Pakistan but the nation foiled nefarious designs of the enemy.” They “proudly commemorate the triumphant legacy of the 1965 War” — something they described as “a paradigm of the nation’s indomitable will and u
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | Swami Vivekananda Cultural Center, Embassy of India located in Seoul signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Seongdong Foundation of Arts and Culture to further foster cultural and artistic exchanges between India and the Republic of Korea (SDFAC) on September 2, 2024. The Seongdong Foundation of Art & Culture (SDFAC) is a non-profit organization established by the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) to promote cultural and artistic development in Seongdong-gu, Seoul. The Indian Cultural Center in Korea is the cultural department of the Indian Emba
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | A large fire broke out at an ink adhesive manufacturing plant in Hwaseong-si, located in Yongsori, Yanggamyeon around 2:20 pm on September 4,2024. The firefighters are working hard to extinguish the huge fire. After receiving the fire report, the fire department issued firefighting response stages 1 and 2 in succession, and is currently extinguishing the fire by deploying about 30 firefighting equipment and 80 personnel. The factory where the fire broke out consisted of five buildings, and so far, one building has burned down. All three people involved in th
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | A man in his 30s, who announced on an online community that he would go on a knife rampage at Seoul Station, was sentenced to a prison of 10 months. On 30, the Seoul Northern District Prosecutor's Office announced that it appealed the first trial ruling that sentenced Mr. A (33) to 10 months in prison accused of threatening and obstructing the execution of official duties by posting a message on an Internet community predicting a knife attack at Seoul Station. On May 22nd, Mr. A posted on the Internet community DC Inside, ‘I am going to Seoul Station to comm
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | South Korea’s extramarital births setting a new record high accounted for nearly 5 percent of all births last year, while the total number of newborns dropped to a new low show the data released on Thursday. On Thursday, According to Statistics Korea, about 230,028 babies born last year, 10,900, or 4.7 percent, were born to women who were not married, marking the highest proportion since records began in 1981 according to the Statistics Korea Since 2020, the extramarital Babies birth have steadily been increased to 9,800 in 2022 that is 3.9 percent of total
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | Six concrete pillars fell from a truck moving on the highway caused damaging of two vehicles and injuring three people. According to the 5th District of the Jeonnam Police Agency's Highway Patrol Division six concrete pillars fell from a 25-ton truck driven by a man (64) at the 90km point toward Suncheon on the Honam Expressway in Jangseong-gun, Jeollanam-do, and crossed into the opposite lane at around 6:40 a.m. on 28th, August 2024. The cause of falling down of the heavy concrete pillars was the damage of the front wheel of the truck. An 8-ton truck and an
Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | South Korea classifies Mpox as an infectious disease that is subject to border screening from Aug 21,2024. The Passengers flying from eight African nations must report to the authorities if they are experiencing Mpox symptoms, said Korean health authorities on the afternoon of Aug 20. The Korean Disease Control and Prevent authorities declared that under the strengthened surveillance measures, the passengers entering South Korea from eight African countries and experiencing symptoms such as fever, chills, rash, or swollen lymph nodes in the neck must report
뉴스노믹스 전상천 기자 | 아리랑TV는 오는 12일 열린송현 녹지광장에서 외국인과 내국인 관객을 위한 무료 힐링콘서트 ‘PLAY with K’를 개최한다고 밝혔다. 이번 공연은 11월 중 진행되는 공연 중 두 번째로 송소희, 공중그늘, 극동아시아타이거즈, 썬더릴리 등 네 팀의 뮤지션이 90분 동안 신나는 무대를 선사한다. 공연 진행은 한국어와 영어로 이뤄져 외국인 관객들도 더욱 쉽게 참여하고 즐길 수 있다. ‘PLAY with K’는 외국인들에게 한국 음악의 매력을 전하고, 음악을 통해 소통하는 기회를 제공하고자 기획됐다. 공연 실황은 영상으로 제작해 아리랑TV를 통해 전 세계로 방영되며 온라인 채널에도 업로드할 예정이다. 무료 공연 신청: https://forms.gle/D26ehn2eakh1ZMBR7 웹사이트: http://www.arirangtv.com
뉴스노믹스 전상천 기자 | 소액 해외 송금 서비스 코인샷의 운영사인 핀샷이 코인샷 카드에 교통카드 TAB 기능을 출시, 이용자들로부터 호응을 얻고 있다고 23일 밝혔다. □ 외국인 필수 금융 솔루션, 코인샷 카드 국내 거주 외국인 고객을 주 고객층으로 하는 코인샷 서비스는 소액 해외 송금 서비스에서 더 나아가 2022년 12월 외국인 특화 결제 상품을 출시했다. 출시 2년을 맞는 해당 카드는 선불전자지급수단인 코인샷 월렛과 연동해 온라인, 오프라인에서의 결제는 물론 선불 교통카드 기능과 ATM 현금 입출금 기능까지 지원한다. 그간 외국인 근로자들은 여러 가지 제약에 의해 간편 결제 서비스 이용이 어려웠다. 핀샷은 다국적 언어지원과 간편한 가입 절차 등을 통해 금융 서비스 이용의 진입장벽을 낮추기 위해 노력했다. 카드 출시 이후에도 고객의 라이프 스타일에 맞는 서비스를 제공하기 위해 온·오프라인을 통해 고객의 의견을 청취했다. 코인샷 카드의 ATM 현금 입출금 기능과 자동 충전 기능 등이 맞춤형 서비스의 일환으로, 해당 기능 추가 이후 ‘서비스 이용이 더 편해졌다’는 호평을 받고 있다. 핀샷은 "코인샷 카드를 한국 내에서 외국인들이 자유롭게 금융 활동을 할 수
뉴스노믹스 전상천 기자 | 경기도가 16일부터 외국인 여성청소년을 대상으로 생리용품 구매 전용 무기명카드 발급 시범사업에 나선다. 앞서 도는 2021년 전국 최초로 ‘여성청소년 생리용품 보편 지원사업’을 도입하고, 올해부터 지원 대상을 도내 등록 외국인과 국내거소신고를 한 외국국적동포 청소년까지 확대했다. 이번 시범사업은 휴대전화가 없거나 언어장벽의 문제로 ‘여성청소년 생리용품 보편 지원사업’ 신청에 어려움을 겪는 외국인 여성청소년이 별도의 회원가입 절차 없이 바로 경기지역화폐를 사용해 생리용품을 구매할 수 있도록 무기명카드를 지원하는 것이다. 사업 대상 지역은 도 전체 외국인 여성청소년의 절반 이상이 거주하고 있는 안산과 평택을 선정했다. 두 지역에 거주하는 참여 희망 11세 이상 18세 이하 외국인 여성청소년은 16일부터 11월 15일까지 가까운 읍면동 주민센터를 방문해 신청하면 된다. 중복 확인 절차를 거쳐 선정된 대상자에게는 1인당 월 1만 3천 원, 연 최대 15만 6천 원의 생리용품 구입비가 시군 지역화폐 카드로 지급된다. 카드는 오는 12월 31일까지 각 시군 내 편의점(CU, GS25, 세븐일레븐, 이마트24)에서 사용할 수 있다. 고영미 경기
뉴스노믹스 전상천 기자 | 경기도공익활동지원센터가 지난 13일 의정부이주노동자센터와 (주)매직북스 간 ‘1기업-1단체 공익파트너십 캠페인’을 진행했다. ‘1기업-1단체 공익파트너십 캠페인’은 기업과 공익활동단체의 일대일 연계·협력을 통해 도내 사회공헌활동 및 ESG 경영 확산을 위해 추진된 사업이다. 이번 캠페인을 통해 (주)매직북스는 이주노동자 노동권과 체류 권익 보호를 위해 6개 국어로 번역된 ‘이주노동자를 위한 법률정보’ 600부를 의정부이주노동자센터에 후원했다. (주)매직북스는 교재·교구를 제조하고 교과서, 학습 서적 등을 출판하는 여성기업이자 사회적·벤처기업이다. 의정부이주노동자센터에서는 고용허가제(E-9) 비자로 국내에 온 이주노동자의 임금 및 퇴직금 체불, 사업장 변경 등에 대한 상담을 20건 실시했다. 공익활동지원센터는 지난 2월 5개의 기업단체를 모집해 5월부터 본격적인 활동을 시작했다. 유명화 경기도공익활동지원센터장은 “경기북부 이주노동자 권익 보호를 실천하기 위해 캠페인을 마련했다”며 “경기북부 1기업-1단체 공익파트너십 캠페인 사업이 북부 기업과 단체의 좋은 협력 사례가 되기를 바란다”고 말했다.
뉴스노믹스 김지혜 기자 | 11th Cultural Talk for Diversity & Inclusion Highlights Psychological Safety The 11th Cultural Talk for Diversity and Inclusion brought together esteemed speakers Jonathan Orr, Ting Fai Yu, and Julia Cselotei, who emphasized the pivotal role of psychological safety in diverse workplaces. And the discussion was smoothly moderated by Sophie Dowden. This conference fostered an open dialogue, allowing participants to share their thoughts and experiences, thereby enriching the discussion surrounding psychological safety, especially in multicultural contexts. Julia Cselotei opened