SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul police announced on Tuesday that they will carry out an unannounced, citywide crackdown on traffic violations by motorbikes, bicycles and personal mobility devices such as electric scooters, amid rising safety concerns and a surge in related accidents. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said it will deploy 354 officers from [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean writer of the Tony Award-winning “Maybe Happy Ending” stressed that it is human values, not flawless systems, that keep people truly human amid rapid technological innovation driven by artificial intelligence (AI), the foreign ministry said Tuesday. Park Chun-hue, lyricist of the six Tonys-winning musical, made the remark [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is preparing to abolish a decades-old legal requirement obligating civil servants to obey orders from their superiors, a cornerstone of the country’s bureaucratic culture since 1949. The move marks one of the most significant shifts in public-sector governance in more than half a century. The Ministry of Personnel [...]
ANKARA & SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — President Lee Jae Myung’s recent four-nation trip — anchored by his appearance at the G20 summit in Johannesburg and followed by stops in the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Turkey — was less a ceremonial swing through diplomatic capitals than a quiet attempt to reposition South Korea within [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s largest companies have expanded their executive ranks more than three times faster than their employee headcounts over the past five years, widening internal hierarchies even as some industries shed staff, a new analysis shows. According to data released Nov. 25 by corporate research firm Leaders Index, 331 major [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A new joint venture between South Korea’s Shinsegae Group and China’s Alibaba International has begun operations with major year-end promotions, signaling the start of what many in the retail sector expect will be a reshaping of the country’s e-commerce landscape. Grand Opus Holdings, the JV formed by the two companies, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Group’s bio venture fund will invest in Chinese biotech firm Phrontline Biopharma as part of the group’s broader strategy to expand partnerships in antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), the group said Tuesday. The investment fund will come from Life Science Fund, created jointly between Samsung Biologics Co., Samsung Bioepis Co. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The original soundtrack for Netflix’s hit animated film “KPop Demon Hunters” has maintained its position within the top 10 on the U.S. Billboard charts. Billboard said Monday (U.S. time) that the film’s track “Golden” remained at No. 2 on the Hot 100 singles chart for a second week, while [...]
SHANGHAI, Nov. 24, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd (Junshi Biosciences, HKEX: 1877; SSE: 688180), a leading innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapies, announced that the JS001sc-002-III-NSCLC study has met its primary endpoints. JS001sc-002-III-NSCLC is a multi-center, open-label, randomized Phase 3 clinical study comparing toripalimab [...]
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Nov. 24, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – WillScot Holdings Corporation (“WillScot” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: WSC), a leader in innovative temporary space solutions, today announced that it will participate in the following investor conferences: Bank of America Leveraged Finance Conference Date: December 2, 2025 Location: Boca Raton, Florida Oppenheimer Winter Industrial Summit Date: December [...]