[Economy 365]
Application for advance payment of compensation for COVID-19 loss for small businesses and small business owners starts today (19th).
The target audience is 550,000 small businesses and small business owners who have been restricted from business hours since December 6 of last year.
For the first 5 days of application, the 'five sub-system' is implemented based on the last digit of the representative's resident registration number.
A text message will be sent to the recipient on the day of application, and if you do not receive the text message, you can check whether you are eligible on the dedicated website.
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The Fair Trade Commission concluded that 23 domestic and foreign shipping companies, including Korea Shipping, have been rigging freight rates for Korea-Southeast Asia routes, which has been going on for 15 years, is beyond the scope permitted by law.
Accordingly, a total of 96.2 billion won in fines was imposed along with a corrective order to 23 container liners.
At first, the Fair Trade Commission examiner suggested that a fine of up to 800 billion won was necessary, but the Plenary Meeting of the Fair Trade Commission drastically reduced the penalty to one-eighth in consideration of the specifics of the industry.
The Korea Shipping Association announced that it would pursue an administrative litigation to correct the FTC's judgment, saying that the FTC had branded shipping companies as unjust co-actors on the basis of flaws in the procedure.
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From next month, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety will pay a reward of up to 300,000 won to those who report violations related to imported food.
Depending on the content of the report, the reward is paid differentially from a minimum of KRW 50,000 to a maximum of KRW 300,000. For example, re-importing imported food returned after non-conformity is 300,000 won, unregistered business is 200,000 won, and the expiration date is extended. A reward of 100,000 won is paid for selling imported food in the past, and a reward of 50,000 won for selling agricultural products that have been reported as imported food as herbal medicines.