SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Government officials discussed Friday ways to supply public housing in the greater Seoul area through the use of idle state-owned land in order to meet the growing need for new homes in the capital region, according to the finance ministry. The meeting, attended by officials from relevant ministries and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Culture Minister Chae Hwi-young on Friday visited Jongmyo Shrine in central Seoul with the head of the nation’s heritage agency and vowed to “take every possible measure,” including revising laws, to prevent high-rise buildings from being built directly across from the shrine. The visit came a day after the Supreme [...]
The 1 GW / 4 GWh battery energy storage system will be Fluence’s largest single storage project globally to date and will be powered by Fluence’s Smartstack™ energy storage platform COTTBUS, Germany and BERLIN, Nov. 07, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – LEAG Clean Power GmbH and Fluence Energy GmbH, a subsidiary of Fluence Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLNC) (Fluence), [...]
The Brave Movement, a global network of survivors and allies fighting to end violence against children, launches its “3rd Richest Nation campaign”, highlighting the enormous economic cost of childhood violence. A world without violence against children would be $7 trillion richer. Johannesburg, South Africa, Nov. 06, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – On Friday, 7 November 2025, in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s food safety regulator plans to introduce stricter labeling standards for decaffeinated coffee following growing concerns that many products marketed as “decaf” still contain significant amounts of caffeine. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) announced Thursday that it will revise national labeling rules to allow coffee [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s elite Air Force aerobatic team, the Black Eagles, will not participate in this month’s Dubai Airshow after Japan refused to allow the team’s jets to refuel at one of its bases, citing recent training near the disputed Dokdo islets, military sources said Thursday. According to officials, the South [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Developers from major South Korean game studios are voicing frustration over management practices that prioritize short-term profits over creativity, arguing that such behavior undermines the industry’s global competitiveness. At a meeting with Vice Culture Minister Kim Young-soo on Thursday, members of the IT division of the Korean Federation of Chemical, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. showcased the latest advances in smart factory technology at their annual “E-Forest Tech Day 2025,” held this week at production facilities in Hwaseong and Ulsan, the companies said Thursday. Now in its sixth year, the event featured 177 innovations across four themes: automation, manufacturing [...]
Related: “He Worked 80 Hours a Week”: The Bakery Case Stirring Debate on Labor Practices The tragedy at a popular Seoul bakery has reignited scrutiny of South Korea’s long-hour work culture — and exposed how easily labor protections can fail in the service industry. 1. What Happened In July 2024, a man in his 20s working [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A controversy over overwork has erupted in South Korea after the death of a young employee at the popular bakery chain London Bagel Museum (known locally as Runbaemyu), with the victim’s family alleging that he worked excessive hours in the weeks leading up to his death. According to the family, [...]