MANILA, the Philippines, Oct. 01, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – In a market praised for their resilience, adaptability, and strong work ethic, the HR Asia Best Companies to Work for in Asia – Philippines organized by Business Media International spotlights employers that are rewriting the rules of talent retention, hiring, and multigenerational inclusion. The Philippines has [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans in their 20s have seen the weakest real income growth of any generation over the past decade, according to a new analysis, underscoring concerns over job quality and rising living costs that continue to weigh heavily on the country’s youth. The Korea Economic Association (HanKyungHyup) reported on [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Fewer than half of South Koreans believe unification with the North is necessary, though support has edged higher compared with a year ago, a new survey shows. The 2025 Unification Awareness Survey, conducted by Seoul National University’s Institute for Peace and Unification Studies and Gallup Korea, found that 41.1 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s largest conglomerates have sharply increased their lobbying expenditures in the United States, more than doubling their spending in the past five years as they navigate regulatory pressures, trade disputes, and large-scale investments in America. According to new data released Wednesday by corporate tracker CEO Score, 52 Korean [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Online shopping in South Korea surged to its highest level for any August on record, fueled by booming Tesla sales and growing appetite for food services, government data showed Wednesday. Total online transactions reached 22.48 trillion won (US$15.56 billion) in August, up 6.6 percent, or 1.39 trillion won, from [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Before its sweeping triumph at the Tony Awards earlier this year — where it collected six prizes including Best Musical — Maybe Happy Ending had already cemented itself as a treasured original work in South Korea. First developed through a local cultural foundation’s program in 2014, the production drew [...]
ULSAN, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have unveiled an artificial intelligence system capable of predicting earthquake damage across nuclear power plant facilities using data from a single sensor, potentially transforming safety protocols in one of the most restricted environments for monitoring. A team led by Professor Lee Young-joo of the Ulsan National Institute [...]
Singapore, Sept. 30, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Animoca Brands, the company driving digital property rights to help establish the open metaverse and its associated network effects, and AlphaTON Capital Corp. (Nasdaq: ATON), a specialized digital asset treasury company focused on building a strategic TON reserve and public markets access to the high-growth Telegram ecosystem of more than a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — In the wake of a string of high-profile data leaks, an overwhelming majority of South Koreans say they view such incidents as a serious threat and support adopting punitive damages similar to those in Europe and other advanced economies, a new poll shows. According to a Realmeter survey of 500 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Metro is offering the public a glimpse of the subway of tomorrow, unveiling an exhibition that blends artificial intelligence and accessibility-focused technology at Smart Life Week 2025, running through Oct. 2 at COEX. The showcase, designed under the theme “AI Station,” immerses visitors in a subway-like environment equipped with [...]