INCHEON, South Korea, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The world’s largest soft-tip dart tournament, the K-Dart Festival, opened Sunday at Songdo Convensia in Incheon, drawing 3,500 participants from 16 countries and signaling South Korea’s growing influence in the global dart industry. Hosted by the Korea Soft Darts Association and organized by Phoenix Darts, a leading [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Ministry of Health and Welfare announced Saturday that 60 additional in-home long-term care medical centers have been designated nationwide, bringing the total number to 195 just two and a half years after the initiative began. Launched in December 2022 with 28 sites, the program enables elderly individuals with [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — HD Hyundai, South Korea’s leading shipbuilding conglomerate, has signed a landmark memorandum of understanding (MOU) with India’s largest state-owned shipyard, Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), in a move to strengthen its position in India and the global shipbuilding market. The agreement, announced Saturday by HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), [...]
INCHEON, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Incheon International Airport has been recognized as having the world’s best airport staff by global aviation consultancy Skytrax, topping more than 570 airports in its annual World Airport Awards. Skytrax’s rankings, based on passenger surveys conducted across more than 100 countries between August 2024 and February 2025, evaluated the service [...]
JEJU, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) — In a rare opening to the public, South Korean authorities on Saturday unveiled Baekrok Spring, the country’s highest natural spring located near the summit of Mount Hallasan on Jeju Island. Situated at 1,675 meters above sea level, the spring had never before been accessible to civilians due to its remote location [...]
BUSAN, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea grapples with an early and intense heatwave, dock workers at Busan’s Sinseondae Terminal—one of the busiest transshipment hubs in the world—are enduring punishing conditions with little reprieve, raising concerns over labor safety in the nation’s critical shipping industry. On July 4, with heat advisories in effect [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Following a tragic fire in Busan that claimed the life of a young child, South Korea’s presidential office on Thursday called for a comprehensive review of nighttime child neglect and stronger countermeasures to address systemic care gaps. New data shows that children from low-income households are 1.5 times more [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s internet companies, including Naver, Kakao, and global platforms like Google, deleted or blocked over 180,000 illegal sexually explicit videos last year, more than double the number from the previous year, according to a government report released Friday. The sharp increase in takedowns, which rose by 122 percent [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics will significantly reduce performance bonuses for its semiconductor division in the first half of 2025, reflecting continued weakness in its foundry and NAND flash businesses. According to an internal announcement made on July 4, employees in the Device Solutions (DS) division — responsible for the company’s semiconductor [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — As Squid Game Season 3 dominates global viewership charts, the series has once again sparked controversy in China, where Netflix is not officially available. Despite the platform’s absence, the latest season has garnered tens of thousands of reviews and ratings on Douban, China’s largest user-generated content site, pointing to [...]