SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea appears to have additionally dispatched at least 3,000 soldiers to Russia in January and February in support of Moscow’s war against Ukraine, South Korea’s military said Thursday. The assessment came amid concerns that North Korea and Russia’s deepening military alignment could lead to Moscow transferring advanced arms [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Lotte Energy Materials Corp. said Thursday it will seek the Copper Mark, a global certification for the copper industry’s responsible production practices, for its Malaysian plant. The Copper Mark is a comprehensive social and environmental assurance system for copper production managed by the International Copper Association. Lotte Energy Materials [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Chung Mong-won, chairman of HL Group and former head of the Korea Ice Hockey Association (KIHA), has published a memoir on his life in the sport. HL Group, with businesses in the construction and automobile industries, said Thursday that the book, titled “Korea Plays Ice Hockey, Too,” covers Chung’s [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea on Thursday disclosed what appears to be an airborne early warning and control aircraft for the first time and said leader Kim Jong-un supervised tests of “suicide attack drones” equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) published photos of the airplane while [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Fatalities from multiple wildfires raging in southeastern South Korea over the past week have increased to 26, the government said Thursday. The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters said the wildfires in the North and South Gyeongsang provinces have caused 56 casualties — 26 deaths, eight serious injuries and [...]
SHANGHAI, March 26, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) — Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd (Junshi Biosciences, HKEX: 1877; SSE: 688180), a leading innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapies, announced that the New Drug Application (the “NDA”) for toripalimab (Singapore trade name: LOQTORZI®) in combination with cisplatin and gemcitabine for the [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Supreme Court Sentencing Commission announced on Tuesday new sentencing guidelines aimed at strengthening penalties for animal abuse, sexual offenses, large-scale fraud, and violations of electronic financial transaction laws. The updated guidelines, finalized during the commission’s 137th meeting on March 24, 2025, will apply to crimes prosecuted from [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Political polarization remains the most pressing social conflict in South Korea, according to the 2024 Korean Social Indicators report released by Statistics Korea on Tuesday. The report, reflecting data from the previous year, highlights growing concerns over social isolation and widening disparities, alongside shifts in education, housing, and health [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea maintained a three-point lead in their group in the Asian World Cup qualifiers thanks to an unexpected result in the wee hours of Wednesday. South Korea, world No. 23, only eked out a 1-1 draw against 64th-ranked Jordan on Tuesday at home in their latest Group B [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Two Korean original works on Netflix topped the global weekly charts, the streaming platform said Wednesday. “When Life Gives You Tangerines” claimed the No. 1 spot on the non-English series chart for the week ending Sunday, garnering 5.5 million views. The nostalgic drama spans over 60 years in the [...]