SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — President Lee Jae Myung pledged on Tuesday to accelerate South Korea’s path toward a self-reliant military and expand its defense capabilities, while renewing calls for dialogue with North Korea amid growing regional uncertainty. “We will significantly strengthen our national defense and realize the vision of self-reliant defense,” Lee said in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of Korean men who had abandoned their mixed-heritage children in the Philippines have begun reaching out to the mothers after a civic group posted their faces online, reigniting a long-running debate over privacy and accountability. The group, People Solving Child Support Problems—formerly known as “Bad Fathers”—said [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s experiment with “no-scooter zones” has drawn strong public support, with a majority of residents reporting safer and more comfortable pedestrian environments, city officials said Monday. The pilot program, the first of its kind in South Korea, was launched in May along two busy stretches: the 1.3-kilometer Red Road [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Alcohol advertisements in South Korea’s media have nearly tripled over the past decade, with most of the surge coming from cable and general programming television channels, a government report showed Sunday. According to data from the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Health Promotion Institute, the number of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s television industry, long celebrated for its global influence, remains mired in poor labor conditions—where freelance writers, producers, and crew often work close to 30 hours straight without rest and rely on verbal contracts instead of written agreements. A new report by the Korea Creative Content Agency, released [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s rapid adoption of industrial robots has boosted employment among younger workers under 45, while reducing job opportunities for older employees, a new study shows—highlighting how automation is reshaping the nation’s labor market and education trends. According to a report released Sunday by the Korea Labor Institute titled [...]
GYEONGJU, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — As the APEC Summit drew global attention to Gyeongju last week, the city’s hospitality industry is racing to turn the spotlight into lasting gains. Hotels that hosted world leaders are now launching promotions offering guests a taste of the summit’s prestige — from presidential suites to dishes inspired by [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s push to strengthen its artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem through massive GPU investments with Nvidia could face setbacks due to the country’s lagging telecommunications infrastructure, a government-affiliated think tank warned Monday. In a report titled “Key Issues in Advancing AI Mobile Network Infrastructure,” the Korea Information Society Development Institute [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The government will provide additional support to the steel industry for its much-needed transition to high-value and eco-friendly products, the industry ministry said Tuesday, the latest effort to save the ailing sector facing global oversupply and escalating trade protectionism. The road map aimed at boosting the competitiveness of the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A senior South Korean presidential aide said Monday that Nvidia’s decision to supply 260,000 graphics processing units (GPUs) to the country will serve as the launchpad for a new era of “physical AI,” positioning South Korea as a key global hub for the next wave of industrial transformation. Ha Jung-woo, [...]