SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — BLACKPINK will perform at London’s Wembley Stadium this summer, becoming the first-ever K-pop girl group to take the stage of the iconic venue. The performance on Aug. 15 is part of the group’s upcoming 2025 world tour, which will take it to 10 cities, according to YG Entertainment, the [...]
JEJU, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A new observation deck offering panoramic views of Jeju International Airport and coastal waters will be built atop a sewage treatment facility in Jeju City, officials announced on February 19. The Jeju Water and Sewage Headquarters revealed that the observatory will be built on the integrated exhaust facility of the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – J-Hope of K-pop supergroup BTS will perform at the Lollapalooza Berlin music festival in July as a headliner, his agency, BigHit Music, said Thursday. Lollapalooza, a major music festival that began in the United States in 1991, has since expanded globally, with events held in countries, such as France [...]
MANAMA, Kingdom of Bahrain, Feb. 19, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) — The Islamic-Islamic Dialogue Conference opened today, Wednesday, in the capital, Manama, under the theme “One Nation, One Shared Destiny.” The conference is held under the esteemed patronage of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the King of Bahrain, and in the presence of His Eminence [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A new survey has revealed that 92.8% of South Korean small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) believe they cannot meet national greenhouse gas reduction targets within the designated timeframe. The Korea Federation of SMEs announced these findings on February 19, based on a survey of 500 manufacturing SMEs conducted last year. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Cheil Worldwide has unveiled an innovative adoption campaign in collaboration with YouTube channel ‘King of Positivity, Kim Ttangkong,’ introducing ‘Dogppelgänger’—a service that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to match individuals with their lookalike rescue dogs. The name ‘Dogppelgänger’ is a fusion of ‘dog’ and ‘doppelgänger,’ reflecting the campaign’s AI-driven approach [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s pharmaceutical and biotech sector has kicked off 2024 with a flurry of merger and acquisition activity, as companies move to strengthen their market positions and diversify their portfolios. GC Wellbeing, a subsidiary of GC Group, recently acquired Inibio, a developer of botox products, in a move to expand [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The government plans to tighten driving ability assessments for transport workers including bus, taxi and freight vehicle drivers that are aged 65 years or older, the transport ministry said Wednesday, a move aimed at enhancing the safety of public transportation services. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Set in a near-future where human life is treated as disposable, South Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho’s dark comedy “Mickey 17″ is an unexpectedly warm and wickedly funny movie that ultimately affirms humanity’s enduring spirit and love. Beneath its sci-fi veneer, the film touches upon social issues, including political ineptitude, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent analysis has found that 5G signal strength in Seoul’s Lotte World Tower weakens significantly at higher floors, highlighting potential indoor coverage challenges in skyscrapers. According to Ookla, the operator of the network speed testing site Speedtest, the Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) at the lower floors of [...]