MONACO, June 25, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – A major recognition for the Yacht Club de Monaco: through its training centre, La Belle Classe Academy, and its Sports Section, the club has received official accreditation from the Royal Yachting Association (RYA), the world’s leading authority in boating and water sports training. The news was announced by [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has formally proposed a bold economic blueprint to the new South Korean government, calling for the creation of a $6 trillion Korea-Japan economic union, the large-scale recruitment of skilled foreign labor, and a national pivot toward service-based exports. In a policy [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Kyochon Chicken, South Korea’s third-largest fried chicken franchise, will withdraw from delivery app Coupang Eats starting next month as part of an exclusive partnership with market leader Baedal Minjok (Baemin). The move marks the industry’s first known case of a delivery platform offering preferential terms in exchange for app [...]
LONDON, June 25, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Legatics, the legal tech company transforming how legal transactions are run, announces the release of its latest whitepaper: The hidden value of legal transaction data. The whitepaper explores how law firms can turn the overlooked data in legal deals into a competitive advantage, driving smarter, faster, and more collaborative [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) – In a rare fusion of K-pop glamor and supernatural adventure, K-Pop Demon Hunters, a new Netflix animated film, has taken the world by storm—climbing to the top of global streaming charts just days after its release. The film follows Huntress, a K-pop girl group who moonlight as demon slayers [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — After a seven-year hiatus, Starbucks Korea has reintroduced plastic straws at select locations across the country, citing customer feedback and improvements in eco-friendly materials. Beginning June 25, the coffee chain will offer both paper and plant-based plastic straws at around 200 stores, primarily located in hospitals and residential areas. [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s monthly births exceeded 20,000 for the first time in three years this April, driven by a rise in marriages and an increase in women in their early 30s, marking the sharpest April growth in birth rate in over three decades. According to Statistics Korea’s latest population data [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has launched an integrated system that provides real-time information on power generation and consumption, enabling swift adjustments to how much power should be generated, as well as where the power would come from, the industry ministry said Wednesday. Information on power grids, which had been dispersed across [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly eight out of ten of South Korea’s largest companies are clustered in the greater Seoul area, highlighting a deepening imbalance in the nation’s corporate geography — one that’s reigniting debate over regional development and decentralization. According to a recent report by market research firm CEO Score, 385 out [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Emart24, a South Korean convenience store chain, said Wednesday it has opened its 100th outlet in Malaysia and plans to launch 30 additional stores there by December under its expansion strategy. The company entered the Malaysian market in June 2021 with a single store, operating under a master franchise [...]