SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Rare butterfly samples collected by world-renowned Korean entomologist Seok Joo-myung across the country during Japanese colonial rule will be returned to South Korea from Japan this week, a government agency said Tuesday. The National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR) said it plans to receive a donation of about 120 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – In an era where nearly one in four South Korean households includes a furry family member, a unique event is set to bring together pet owners and their canine companions for a day of meditation and mindfulness. The “Seon Meditation Festival with Companion Dogs,” scheduled for September 29 at Bongseongsa [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean food company CJ Cheiljedang Corp. said Tuesday it will supply its Bibigo dumpling products to Australia’s Qantas Airways Ltd. as in-flight snacks from next month. CJ Cheiljedang’s two kinds of dumpling products — one based on pork and the other made of pork and kimchi — will [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A new government report paints a stark picture of South Korea’s demographic future, projecting that the country’s rapid aging and declining birth rates will outpace global trends over the next five decades. The Statistics Korea report, released on September 23, forecasts that by 2072, nearly half of South Korea’s population [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The last suspect in the murder of a South Korean tourist in Pattaya, Thailand, was extradited home from Vietnam, after more than four months on the run, officials said Tuesday. The National Police Agency (NPA) said the suspect in his 30s was brought home early Tuesday. The man is [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A team of South Korean researchers has made a significant breakthrough in understanding how the brain processes pain, revealing a complex interplay between expectation and actual stimuli. The study, led by Woo Choong-Wan and Yoo Seng-Bum from the Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research of the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Tigers superstar Kim Do-yeong set a single-season runs scored record in South Korean baseball Monday, while inching closer to a rare 40-40 season. Kim, the leading MVP candidate in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), scored three times to reach 138 runs for the season in a 5-3 victory [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The dance performance video for “How You Like That,” a 2020 hit single by K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, has surpassed 1.7 billion views on YouTube. The choreography video hit the milestone early Tuesday, about four years and two months after it was uploaded on the global video sharing service [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Tuesday it has released a revamped version of its high-performance Ioniq 5 N electric vehicle with a suite of convenience features based on customer feedback. The 2025 Ioniq 5 N includes enhancements to its N Drift Optimizer, which assists in drift driving. Hyundai has expanded [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The government and the ruling People Power Party (PPP) agreed Tuesday to take measures to support the unemployed youth and to swiftly pass a bill aimed at assisting the “youth in crisis.” During their policy consultations, the two sides decided to support young people seeking employment by increasing work [...]