SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol again refused to appear for questioning over his failed martial law bid Friday, the third day of his detention. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) had ordered him to appear for further questioning at 10 a.m. after he failed to appear the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea’s state media on Friday published reports about impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s detention as part of an investigation into his botched imposition of martial law, two days after he was taken into custody. The Korean Central Broadcasting Station, a radio broadcaster, and the Rodong Sinmun [...]
SEOUL/WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) said Friday it has reached an agreement with U.S.-based Westinghouse over an intellectual property rights dispute and to join forces in the global nuclear energy market. “KHNP and Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) have agreed with U.S. Westinghouse to settle [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp. said Friday it has commenced mass production of Syros, the automaker’s new global strategic compact sport utility vehicle (SUV), in India. The South Korean automaker held a ceremony Thursday at its production plant in Andhra Pradesh, India, to mark the occasion, with attendees including Kia CEO Song [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean gamemaker Krafton Inc. said Friday it will soft launch its new role-playing game title, Dark and Darker Mobile, in Canada next month ahead of the official global launch. The preview release of the game will take place Feb. 4 (local time) in Canada to gather data on [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., South Korea’s leading automakers, have picked up awards for 19 products at the 2024 Good Design Awards in the United States for their innovative design competitiveness, the companies said Friday. Hyundai Motor secured awards in the transportation category for its future mobility concepts, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Ediya Co., South Korea’s fourth-largest coffee franchise by sales, said Friday it has signed a master franchise deal with a Lao company to enter the Southeast Asian country this year. Ediya plans to open its first outlet in Laos in June under the partnership with Grandview Property Sole Co., [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has reopened tourism in the special economic zone of its northeastern border city Rason to foreign tourists, the website of a China-based travel agency showed Friday. “North Korea has reopened tourism in Rason, it’s Special Economic Zone in the northeast of the country, according to our local [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A groundbreaking study from Samsung Medical Center has revealed that cancer patients who maintain or begin regular exercise after diagnosis can reduce their risk of cardiac events like heart attacks by 20%, offering new hope for managing cardiovascular complications associated with cancer treatment. The research, led by Shin Dongwook of [...]
DAEJEON, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A team of researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has developed an innovative camera system that achieves both high-speed imaging and exceptional sensitivity by mimicking the compound eyes of insects, the university announced on January 16. Led by Jeong Ki-hun from the Department of Bio [...]