SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — After bouncing between the rotation and the bullpen in his limited time in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) over the past two years, Kiwoom Heroes right-hander Ju Seung-woo has found a home this season as the team’s closer. Armed with a new pitch and a requisite short memory for [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A new social media phenomenon is sweeping across South Korea, with young adults eagerly accessing and sharing their school records online in a wave of nostalgic self-reflection. The trend, particularly popular among the so-called MZ generation (Millennials and Gen Z), involves individuals retrieving their elementary, middle, and high school records [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — From domestic baseball and football contests to international tennis matches, there will be no shortage of sports action to keep fans in South Korea entertained during the five-day Chuseok holiday. The regular season in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) is winding down, and this has been the most successful [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – YouTube’s new feature allowing vertical live video broadcasts is drawing criticism for exposing users to potentially harmful content without adequate safeguards. The video-sharing platform introduced the vertical live streaming service last year, building on the popularity of its short-form video feature, Shorts. The new format allows creators to broadcast live [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The military has recently taken down more than 1,300 surveillance cameras installed at various bases, including those near the border with North Korea, after discovering they were Chinese-made equipment, a military official said Friday. In late July, military and intelligence authorities found out the surveillance cameras supplied by a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) announced on September 11 that La Niña conditions are likely to develop this fall, following the dissipation of El Niño last May. According to the KMA’s analysis of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) prediction models, sea surface temperatures in the monitored Pacific regions are gradually decreasing. [...]
WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Zenas BioPharma, Inc. (“Zenas”), (Nasdaq: ZBIO) a clinical-stage global biopharmaceutical company committed to being a leader in the development and commercialization of transformative immunology-based therapies, today announced the pricing of its upsized initial public offering of 13,235,294 shares of its common stock at an initial public offering price [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has revealed that 27 non-owning executives of South Korean companies with market capitalizations exceeding 2 trillion won hold stock wealth valued at over 10 billion won each, highlighting a growing trend of wealth accumulation among professional managers in the country’s booming tech sector. The Korea CXO Institute, [...]
NEW YORK, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Wilbur Watch Co. is proud to announce that it has been voted the 2024 American Watch Brand of the Year at the prestigious WatchPro Awards in New York City. This esteemed award recognizes the innovative craftsmanship, forward-thinking design, and unparalleled commitment to excellence that Wilbur Watch Co. has embodied since its inception. [...]
ORANGE, Calif., Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — SeeDevice Inc. (“SeeDevice”), together with its CEO and founder Dr. Hoon Kim, has filed a Complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), and its U.S. subsidiary KBS America, Inc. (collectively, “KBS”) for trade libel and defamation. The claims [...]