SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Jennie of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK rolled out her first solo full-length album “Ruby” on Friday. The album carries 15 tracks of diverse genres, led by “like Jennie,” for which Jennie worked as a producer to portray her own identity. “This album holds great significance as it tells my [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The dance practice video for “How You Like That,” a 2020 hit single by K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, has surpassed 1.8 billion views on YouTube. The choreography video hit the milestone early Friday, about four years and eight months after it was uploaded on the global video sharing service [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A North Korean soldier captured by Ukraine has said he used jamming guns to neutralize Ukrainian drones, a South Korean lawmaker who recently met the soldier said Friday, in a rare glimpse into the North’s battlefield tactic to aid Moscow’s war against Kyiv. Rep. Yu Yong-weon of the ruling [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp.’s electric compact sport utility vehicle (SUV) EV3 has been named the U.K. Car of the Year 2025, the company said Friday. The Kia EV3 topped the Small Crossover category of the annual award and took the overall top honor, outperforming strong contenders across six other segments, according [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The prelude to the 2025 regular season in South Korean baseball will begin Saturday, with the pitch clock, the most prominent new feature of the year, set to take effect. All 10 teams in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) are scheduled to play 10 preseason games each from Saturday [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) -- North Korea on Friday promoted women’s loyalty and devotion to the ruling party and the regime ahead of the upcoming International Women’s Day. The state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) published several articles hailing the contributions by mothers, female workers and other women in celebration of Women’s Day on [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea fell to second place in new global shipbuilding orders in February, with China taking over the lead, industry data showed Friday. South Korean shipyards clinched orders totaling 290,000 compensated gross tons (CGTs) for seven ships, accounting for 14 percent of the global total at 2.07 million CGTs [...]
PESQUERIA, Mexico, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean companies with manufacturing bases in Mexico, along with around 100 local partner firms, are struggling to deal with business uncertainties stemming from the unpredictability of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff policy on the neighboring country, industry officials said Thursday. Earlier in the day, Trump signed executive actions to [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will come up with measures next month to respond to the United States’ plan to impose tariffs on auto imports, the industry ministry said Friday, as the new U.S. tariffs are expected to deal a severe blow to the South Korean automotive industry. The Ministry of Trade, [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The defense ministry said Friday a total of 29 people, including 15 civilians, have been injured from an accidental fighter jet bombing of a northern village earlier this week. On Thursday, two KF-16 fighter jets “abnormally” dropped eight MK-82 bombs outside a training range in Pocheon, some 40 kilometers [...]