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S. Korea Football Coach to Visit Japan to Check Nat’l Players

SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea football coach Shin Tae-yong will head to Japan this weekend to check the national team players there, an official with the national football governing body said Friday. Shin will fly to Japan on Saturday and will return home Sunday after watching J1 League matches, an official with the Korea Football Association (KFA) said. Shin, however, didn’t reveal which matches he will attend. The [...]

Wanna One Announces Dates for World Tour

SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Project K-pop band Wanna One will launch its envisioned 13-city world tour on June 1, the group’s production company said Friday, announcing a detailed schedule for the tour. On Tuesday, CJ E&M announced the group’s plan to hold the world tour titled “Wanna One World Tour – One: The World” but said it will unveil the exact dates and venues later. [...]

SHINee Singer Onew Cleared of Sexual Harassment Charge: Agency

SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Onew, a member of K-pop boy band SHINee, has been cleared of a sexual harassment allegation that has dogged him since August of last year, his agency said Friday. SM Entertainment said Onew, whose real name is Lee Jin-ki, was cleared of his sexual harassment allegation by the prosecution [...]

Boracay Shutdown to Affect South Korean Residents

HANOI, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean inhabitants of Boracay are expected to take a hit after the Philippine government announced the closure of the holiday island for six months to address environmental woes. Up to 1,000 South Koreans are estimated to be working in the local tourism industry of the popular tourist destination, which [...]

Professor Says Men Are Rejecting Feminism Due to Victim Mentality

SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul National University professor claims men are rejecting feminism due to the idea that they are the victims. Professor Kim Soo-ah at Seoul National University said that the discourse of reverse sexism against women is dominating online communities and the comment sections of news websites during the conference on [...]

Office Workers Decry Big Brother-Style Supervision

SEOUL, Apr. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of South Korean office workers have expressed discomfort with the growing use of CCTV cameras in the workplace. According to Jikjanggabjil119, a civic group dedicated to office workers, a total of 37 complaints have been filed about the questionable use of CCTV cameras in the workplace over [...]

S. Korea’s Culture Minister: I Proposed ‘Autumn Came’ Almost Simultaneously with N.K. Leader

PYONGYANG/SEOUL, April 3 (Joint Press Corps-Yonhap) – South Korea’s culture minister on Tuesday confirmed reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un proposed holding another performance in Seoul by a North Korean art troupe. “Chairman Kim said there should be another concert in the South since ‘Spring Comes’ was successful,” Do Jong-whan said during a meeting with South Korean reporters. [...]

Kumho Tire Brand, Management to Remain Intact After Acquisition

SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Kumho Tire Co., South Korea’s second-biggest tiremaker by sales, said Tuesday it will continue to use its brand name and its management will remain independent after being acquired by China’s Qingdao Doublestar Co. “Doublestar has pledged to allow an independent management team to run Kumho Tire as was the case of the acquisition of Volvo by China’s Geely Automobile Holdings in 2010,” Kumho Tire said in a statement. “Back then, [...]

GOT7′s ‘Just Right’ Tops 200 Million YouTube Views

SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The video for GOT7′s has surpassed 200 million views on YouTube Tuesday, the band’s management agency said. The title track off GOT7′s third EP, released in 2015, passed the threshold at about 1 p.m., JYP Entertainment said. GOT7 now have two music videos that have garnered more than 100 million views – the other being “If You Do.” [...]

Hotel Shilla Reaches Agreement with Airport over Duty-Free Shop Rental Fees

SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Hotel Shilla Co. said Tuesday it has accepted the airport operator’s offer to cut rental fees for its duty-free concessions at Incheon International Airport by 27.9 percent, a deal that could help the bottom line of the country’s second-largest duty-free operator. Incheon International Airport Corp. has also suggested adjusting fees to reflect the drop in the number of customers caused by the opening of a [...]