SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group ITZY will drop a new EP titled “Gold” on Oct. 15, according to the group’s agency, JYP Entertainment, on Friday. ITZY also shared information on its upcoming release on social media platforms the same day. The EP will consist of 11 tracks, including the double lead [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for increasing the number of centrifuges for uranium enrichment in order to increase its nuclear weapons for self-defense, the state media said Friday. Kim made the call during a visit to the Nuclear Weapons Institute and the “production base of weapon-grade nuclear [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Seventeen will put out its 12th EP on Oct. 14, Pledis Entertainment, the group’s agency, said Friday. The 13-piece group also shared its plan to release the new album on Hybe Labels’ YouTube channel and social media platforms, alongside a teaser video. Set on a dark [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Naver, the South Korean internet giant, is set to collaborate with Saudi Arabia’s Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) to develop a large language model (LLM) based on Arabic, marking a significant step in the company’s Middle Eastern expansion strategy. On September 10, during the three-day Global AI Summit conference [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean economy continues to show signs of recovery, driven by strong exports and manufacturing output, with consumer prices showing signs of stabilization, the finance ministry said Friday. The Ministry of Economy and Finance made the assessment in the Green Book, its monthly economic report, noting that domestic [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized workers of Renault Korea Motors Co., the South Korean unit of French auto group Renault S.A., began a full-scale strike Friday, as little progress was made in wage talks, company officials said. The union of Renault Korea has been on a partial strike since Tuesday over the wage [...]
Thousands competed in the 15th edition of World Class for the coveted title SHANGHAI, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Keegan McGregor from Canada has been awarded the coveted title of World Class Global Bartender of the Year 2024 at the world’s biggest cocktail competition, celebrated in Shanghai this year. Competing against finalists from 44 regions around the world, spanning [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — China has informed the top international and Asian football bodies of its recent decision to ban South Korean player Son Jun-ho for life over match-fixing charges, the sport’s national football body in Seoul said Thursday. An official for the Korea Football Association (KFA) said the Chinese Football Association (CFA) [...]
ULJU, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The 9th Ulsan Ulju World Mountain Film Festival, set to run from September 27 to October 1, is poised to attract a star-studded lineup of international directors, actors, and mountaineers to this industrial city in southeastern South Korea. The festival’s opening ceremony will be hosted by television personality Jo Woo-jong [...]
ANDONG, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The 2024 Andong International Mask Dance Festival, a prestigious cultural event that aims to unite people from around the world, is set to take place in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province, from September 27 to October 6. This year’s festival, designated as an honorary representative cultural tourism event of South Korea, [...]