SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean gamemaker Krafton Inc. said Friday it will host a global esports competition for its smash-hit battle royale title, PUBG: Battlegrounds, set to kick off next week. The PUBG Global Championship (PGC) 2024 will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from Monday to Dec. 22, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The leader of the ruling party said Friday that President Yoon Suk Yeol needs to be swiftly suspended from exercising power, revealing that Yoon ordered the arrests of prominent politicians during his aborted martial law declaration. Han Dong-hoon of the People Power Party (PPP) said there is a possibility [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The main opposition leader said Friday that President Yoon Suk Yeol’s duties should be promptly suspended as he abused his power by declaring martial law this week, labeling Yoon as the “mastermind behind a rebellion.” Lee Jae-myung, the chief of the Democratic Party (DP), ratcheted up pressure against Yoon [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Non-regular school workers launched a general strike Friday after wage negotiations with the education authorities fell through. Around 60,000 workers mostly involved in providing meals and child care were expected to take part in the nationwide strike, according to their unions, prompting some schools to replace Friday’s lunch meal [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol’s approval rating tumbled to a record low of 13 percent, a survey showed Friday, following public backlash over his martial law declaration. According to the survey conducted by Gallup on 1,001 adults aged over 18 from Tuesday to Thursday, the positive assessment of Yoon’s performance [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The 2024 South Korean baseball runners-up Samsung Lions acquired two pitchers on Friday to bolster their starting rotation. The Lions said they signed Panamanian right-hander Ariel Jurado to a one-year contract worth US$1 million, including a signing bonus of $300,000. Jurado spent the past two seasons with another Korea [...]
WASHINGTON/SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken welcomed the lifting of martial law in South Korea and expressed his expectation for the Asian country’s “democratic process to prevail” during a call with his counterpart in Seoul on Thursday, his spokesperson said. Blinken and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul held [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The police and the prosecution launched separate investigation teams Friday to handle charges related to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived declaration of martial law this week. Police said they established a designated investigation team made up of some 120 personnel to look into four complaints accusing Yoon and others [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hanwha Group said Friday it seeks to resume a major city development project in Iraq, which has been suspended for two years due to unpaid construction fees. Hanwha Corporation E&C Division, the group’s construction arm, said it recently signed an amended contract with Iraq’s National Investment Commission [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s military is grappling with a crisis of morale among its younger service members, following their controversial deployment during President Yoon Suk Yeol’s now-lifted martial law declaration. Dubbed the “MZ Martial Law Troops” for their composition of Millennial and Gen Z soldiers, many expressed disillusionment over being used [...]