SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Around 40 percent of South Korean manufacturers expect economic conditions to deteriorate this year amid increased volatility in the foreign exchange (FX) market, a poll showed Tuesday. According to the poll conducted recently by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) on 2,208 manufacturing firms, a total of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A large majority of South Korean teachers are seeking to establish personal brands rooted in their professional expertise, reflecting a growing interest in entrepreneurship and self-directed career development within the education sector. According to a survey released this month by the Korea Federation of Enterprises’ Center for Entrepreneurship Development, [...]
YONGIN, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — After an accident left him paralyzed, an avid gamer known by the nickname “iick” spent nearly a decade in what he described as the darkest period of his life. What helped pull him back, he told an audience this month, was not therapy or medicine, but the rediscovery of play—made [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s National Health Insurance Service said Monday that new medical analysis has reaffirmed smoking as the dominant cause of lung cancer, just days before an appellate court ruling in the country’s landmark tobacco lawsuit. According to the National Health Insurance Service, an assessment of male lung cancer patients involved [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s gaming community has publicly challenged the Ministry of Health and Welfare, accusing it of overstepping legal boundaries by treating video games as objects of addiction control without clear statutory grounds. The Korea Game Users Association said on Monday that current mental health legislation does not list games as [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will begin a large-scale push to convert livestock waste into renewable energy, seeking to cut greenhouse gas emissions while reducing environmental burdens from animal farming. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said Monday that it will expand the use of solid fuel made from livestock manure, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul will roll out a new data-driven platform this week that allows residents, entrepreneurs and policymakers to track the city’s economic pulse in unprecedented detail, city officials said on Monday. The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that it will launch an online “Economic Dashboard” on the Seoul Data Hub starting Jan. [...]
PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 12, 2026 (Korea Bizwire) – 1X is excited to announce the new 1X World Model, a groundbreaking AI update for NEO, marking a major leap forward in humanoid robotics. The new 1X World Model enables NEO to turn any request into an AI capability on demand, using a video model grounded [...]
BILLUND, Denmark, Jan. 12, 2026 (Korea Bizwire) – Today, the LEGO Group and The Pokémon Company International are unveiling the first ever collection of highly anticipated LEGO® Pokémon™ sets. Based on some of the most iconic Pokémon from the brand’s 30-year history, the first LEGO Pokémon sets allow fans to build and display their favourite Pokémon [...]
New Study Reveals U.S. Businesses Average Over 5 Major Outages Annually, with 63% Occurring During Critical Peak Trading Times Philadelphia, PA and Boston, MA, Jan. 12, 2026 (Korea Bizwire) – A new study released today reveals that payment system failures are putting $44.4 billion in U.S. retail and hospitality sales at risk each year, underscoring how quickly [...]