PARIS, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — UNESCO Director-General Khaled El-Enany has voiced deep concern over Seoul’s high-rise development plan near Seoul’s Jongmyo Shrine when he met with Huh Min, director of the Korea Heritage Service (KHS), Huh said. “He brought up the issue and expressed deep concern over the plan,” Huh said Wednesday while briefing [...]
JEONJU, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean appeals court on Thursday overturned the conviction of a security guard accused of stealing a 1,050-won snack — a case that drew widespread attention as a modern-day “Les Misérables” story and raised questions about prosecutorial discretion. The Jeonju District Court’s criminal appeals division acquitted the 41-year-old defendant, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Google will roll out a lower-priced version of YouTube Premium in South Korea that excludes its music-streaming service, the country’s antitrust regulator said Thursday, following a months-long probe into whether the company’s subscription bundling violated fair-trade rules. The launch is part of a corrective plan Google submitted under a consent-decision [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s average household income rose for the ninth consecutive quarter in the third quarter of this year, partly driven by a sharp increase in transfer income, government data showed Thursday. The average monthly income of households came to 5.44 million won (US$3,699) in the July-September period, up 3.5 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech heavyweight Naver Corp. and Dunamu Inc., operator of the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, said Thursday they plan to invest 10 trillion won (US$6.8 billion) over the next five years to build an integrated ecosystem for artificial intelligence and Web3 technologies, aiming to position themselves as global [...]
MUAN, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Jeolla Province is celebrating a wave of high-profile successes — from attracting global data centers and fusion research facilities to the successful launch of the Nuri rocket — cementing its ambitions to become South Korea’s “energy capital.” Early Thursday morning, the country’s first privately built Nuri (KSLV-II) rocket lifted [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean young adults are taking significantly longer to land their first full-time job, with those living outside the Seoul metropolitan area facing a growing disadvantage, according to new government research released Thursday. A study by the Korea Employment Information Service (KEIS) found that the average job-search period for young [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — What once felt like the plot of a workplace drama is increasingly echoing real life for many middle-aged South Koreans. In the popular series The Dream Life of Mr.Kim (the story of manager Kim working at a large company in Seoul), a seemingly secure executive finds himself abruptly sidelined and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid persistent air pollution across South Korea, a new study has found that prolonged exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in Seoul significantly increases deaths from ischemic heart disease — including heart attacks — particularly among older adults. According to research released Thursday by Seoul National University Hospital’s public health [...]
Company’s recurring licensing deal further monetizes Datavault’s patented ADIO® and Data Vault® with WBC sports and entertainment content Collaboration creates scalable, multi-event revenue pathways fueled by authenticated engagement WBC events are distributed across more than 170 countries PHILADELPHIA , Nov. 26, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – via IBN – Datavault AI Inc. (Nasdaq: DVLT) (“Datavault” or “the Company”), a leader in [...]