Seoul Museum Pairs K-Pop Anime With Centuries-Old Tiger-and-Magpie Motifs SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — As Netflix’s animated feature K-Pop Demon Hunters continues to draw global attention, a Seoul museum is spotlighting the traditional roots behind some of its most popular characters. The Leeum Museum of Art in Hannam-dong is hosting a special exhibition titled [...]
Annual Global Challenge Offers Prizes up to $1,500 for Bold, Creative Solutions to Advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals New York, NY, Sept. 09, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) today announced the launch of the 2025 World Series of Innovation (WSI), a free annual global competition inviting young people ages [...]
MUNICH, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor unveiled its first small electric vehicle concept on Tuesday at Europe’s largest mobility fair, underscoring the South Korean automaker’s push to expand its EV lineup into the compact segment, where demand is strongest in Europe. The concept car, dubbed “Concept THREE,” was introduced at the IAA Mobility 2025 [...]
CGTN published an article highlighting China’s call for BRICS countries to defend multilateralism. It outlines President Xi Jinping’s proposals on multilateralism, openness and cooperation at the Virtual BRICS Summit. It also underscores the Global Governance Initiative as a roadmap for fairer global governance, with international support. BEIJING, Sept. 09, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Over the [...]
GIA LAI, Vietnam, Sept. 09, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Nexif Ratch Energy, a leading Southeast Asian renewable energy developer, strengthens its Vietnam project portfolio with the award of the Investment Certificate for the143MW Van Canh Wind Power Project. The award was presented during the Gia Lai Investment Conference, attended by senior central and provincial leaders, [...]
Targeting High-Growth Smart City and Cybersecurity Markets Projected to Surpass Approximately US$1.8 Trillion in Value by 2034 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sept. 08, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – VCI Global Limited (NASDAQ: VCIG) (“VCI Global” or the “Company”), a cross-sector platform builder integrating deep technology with financial architecture to enable sovereign-ready digital ecosystems, today announced its participation [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — At a time when glowing screens compete for nearly every spare moment of attention, most South Korean adults still reached for a traditional paper book last year. A new nationwide survey finds that four out of five adults in the country — 80.4 percent — read at least one [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s human rights watchdog has ruled that public libraries violated children’s right to information by restricting access to sex education and gender equality books that were not legally classified as harmful publications. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea said Monday that several libraries had either removed such titles [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Platform and special employment workers in South Korea, long excluded from basic labor protections, earn far below the legal minimum wage and face chronic job insecurity, according to a new government-backed study that is fueling calls for urgent reform. A report by the Korea Labor Institute estimated that about [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea weighs proposals for a shorter workweek and extended retirement age, a growing number of companies are already adopting flexible schedules — in some cases reducing hours to just four days — in what could become a model for broader labor market reform. Major firms including SK [...]