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Heineken® Is Calling People Back to the Office… But Not in the Way You Might Think

Heineken® Is Calling People Back to the Office… But Not in the Way You Might Think

ut going back to physical desks five days a week, Heineken® has cheekily renamed pubs across the UK to ‘The Office’ to celebrate one of the best parts of the working day – after-work socialising It comes as almost half of hybrid workers (46%) say they’re missing out on catch-ups with colleagues outside the office  New [...]

Brokerage Stocks Surge as Market Turnover and Policy Tailwinds Drive Momentum

Brokerage Stocks Surge as Market Turnover and Policy Tailwinds Drive Momentum

SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Shares in securities firms, which have already doubled this year, are widely expected to further advance down the road on the back of increased turnover and market-friendly steps, industry watchers said Monday. According to the Korea Exchange (KRX), the index tracking listed securities firms’ stock movement has nearly doubled [...]

Majority of South Koreans Fear Falling Behind in AI-Driven Investing, Survey Finds

Majority of South Koreans Fear Falling Behind in AI-Driven Investing, Survey Finds

SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly 60 percent of South Koreans feel a sense of anxiety about falling behind the trend of using generative artificial intelligence (AI) models to help with investments, a survey showed Monday. According to the poll by the Korea Press Foundation on 1,000 South Koreans, 59.1 percent of respondents expressed [...]

Boom in Cosmetic Clinics Deepens Divide as Pediatric, Obstetrics Services Decline

Boom in Cosmetic Clinics Deepens Divide as Pediatric, Obstetrics Services Decline

SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s healthcare landscape is growing increasingly polarized as profit-driven clinics such as cosmetic surgery and dermatology offices multiply, while essential medical services like pediatrics and obstetrics continue to decline. According to data from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service obtained by Rep. Kim Mi-ae of the National Assembly’s [...]

‘K-Pop Demon Hunters’ Boosts Foreign Tourism to Seoul’s Namsan Tower

‘K-Pop Demon Hunters’ Boosts Foreign Tourism to Seoul’s Namsan Tower

SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The blockbuster success of K-Pop Demon Hunters on Netflix is drawing international fans to one of Seoul’s most iconic landmarks — the YTN Seoul Tower on Namsan Mountain. YTN said Sunday that 79,200 foreign tourists visited the tower’s observation deck in September, marking a 50.6 percent increase from 52,600 [...]

‘K-Pop Demon Hunters’ Spurs Secondhand Market Frenzy for Korean Heritage Goods

‘K-Pop Demon Hunters’ Spurs Secondhand Market Frenzy for Korean Heritage Goods

SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The runaway global success of Netflix’s animated hit K-Pop Demon Hunters is reverberating far beyond the streaming charts — fueling an unexpected boom in Korea’s secondhand market for traditional-inspired merchandise. According to industry data released on Monday, listings tagged with “magpie-tiger,” a motif featured in the film, surged 357 [...]

STACK Infrastructure Publishes 2025 Impact Report

STACK Infrastructure Publishes 2025 Impact Report

Scaling impact and demonstrating responsible leadership in shaping the future of digital infrastructure DENVER and LONDON and SINGAPORE, Oct. 06, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – STACK Infrastructure (“STACK”), the digital infrastructure partner to some of the world’s most innovative companies and a leading global developer and operator of data centers, today announced the publication of its 2025 Annual [...]

North Atlantic France SAS announces the inventory value adjustment amount related to its contemplated acquisition of a majority stake in Esso Société Anonyme Française SA

North Atlantic France SAS announces the inventory value adjustment amount related to its contemplated acquisition of a majority stake in Esso Société Anonyme Française SA

North Atlantic France SAS announces the inventory value adjustment amount related to its contemplated acquisition of a majority stake in Esso Société Anonyme Française SA Paris, FRANCE, October 6, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – North Atlantic France SAS (“North Atlantic”) announced on May 28, 2025, that it had entered into exclusive negotiations with ExxonMobil France Holding [...]

FCTC’s Failure to Uphold Harm Reduction Risks Global Public Health

FCTC’s Failure to Uphold Harm Reduction Risks Global Public Health

MANILA, Philippines, Oct. 06, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) has serious concerns over how The World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) defines tobacco control as including harm reduction, yet the current COP11 agenda dangerously ignores this core principle. Article 1(d) explicitly identifies harm reduction [...]