SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government’s ambitious plan to introduce AI-powered digital textbooks (AIDTs) has met with significant resistance from educators and civic groups nationwide, leaving the policy in jeopardy. Initially slated for rollout in March 2025 for select elementary, middle, and high school students, the initiative aimed to bolster digital [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – In a landmark ruling, South Korea’s Supreme Court has determined that allowances paid to nurses and clinical pathologists for “on-call duty” can only be considered part of their regular wages if they can prove they were under the hospital’s direct supervision and control during that time. The decision overturns [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea has replaced obsolete tactical air navigation (TACAN) systems at air bases with a new homegrown system, the state arms procurement agency said Wednesday, in an update bolstering air operations support. The 30.7 billion-won (US$21.5 million) project to install the new fixed-base system has been recently completed with [...]
CHUNCHEON, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – In a small elementary school in Gangwon Province, a second-grade classroom became the unlikely setting for a lesson in justice, inspired by South Korea’s recent political turmoil. On December 4, as the nation began to recover from a martial law crisis that had gripped its parliament and public, a teacher, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Jang Yu-bin, the top player on the South Korean men’s golf tour this year, will ply his trade on a Saudi Arabia-backed renegade circuit next year. LIV Golf, bankrolled by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia, announced Tuesday (Eastern Time) that Jang will [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – CJ OnStyle, a major South Korean home shopping channel, has cut ties with three cable TV operators—D’Live, ABN (Areum Broadcasting Network), and CCS Chungbuk Broadcasting—after negotiations over broadcasting fees collapsed. The unprecedented move has drawn attention, with industry insiders attributing the decision to CJ OnStyle’s strategic pivot toward mobile [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun was formally arrested Wednesday on charges of helping President Yoon Suk Yeol stage an insurrection through his short-lived imposition of martial law last week. The Seoul Central District Court issued a warrant for his arrest after prosecutors accused Kim of engaging in “essential” activities [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean novelist Han Kang has made history as the first Korean and the first Asian woman to receive the Nobel Prize in literature. Han received a diploma and a Nobel medal from Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf during a ceremony Tuesday (local time) at the Concert Hall, a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Co. plans to finalize its acquisition of a controlling stake in rival Asiana Airlines Inc. on Wednesday, completing the merger deal between South Korea’s leading carriers that has been sought over the past four years, according to company officials. Korean Air plans to invest 1.5 trillion won [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Russian Embassy in North Korea has hosted a reception to celebrate the ratification of a mutual defense treaty between the two nations, the North’s state media reported Wednesday. North Korea’s top officials, including Choe Ryong-hae, chairman of the Supreme People’s Assembly’s standing committee, Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui and [...]