ULLEUNG, South Korea, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of students and teachers from an international school in Qingdao, China, has completed a historic visit to South Korea’s easternmost islands, Ulleungdo and Dokdo, as part of a cross-cultural educational exchange. According to Ulleung County and the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST), 52 [...]
JAKARTA, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — An Indonesian college student has won top honors in a Korean-language quiz competition focused on Korean unification and history, outshining nearly 100 peers and securing a trip to South Korea for a global finals event. The event, titled the 2025 Overseas Youth Unification Golden Bell, was held Saturday at Jakarta [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is weighing major reforms to its end-of-life care system, with calls mounting to expand the legal window for halting life-sustaining treatment and to formally institutionalize advance funeral directives at the national level. At a policy roundtable hosted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare on Thursday, medical [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Several Chinese television brands are under fire in South Korea for allegedly misleading consumers by advertising products as “UHD TVs” despite lacking the necessary hardware to receive terrestrial ultra-high-definition (UHD) broadcasts, a core feature under Korean broadcasting standards. The non-profit industry group UHD Korea has formally filed a complaint with [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is likely to face another unusually hot summer this year, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), which on Thursday released its climate outlook for June through August. The agency forecast higher-than-average temperatures across the country, driven by global oceanic heat and high-pressure systems that could lock [...]
SEOUL, May 24, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) — A groundbreaking fusion of nature and technology is taking center stage at the 2025 Seoul International Garden Expo, where the Korea Arboretum and Garden Institute (KAGI), an agency under the Korea Forest Service, has unveiled its new “Hybrid Digital Healing Garden.” Presented at Boramae Park in Seoul’s Dongjak District, [...]
ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 23, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Constellation Brands, Inc. (NYSE: STZ), a leading beverage alcohol company, announced today that Bill Newlands, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Garth Hankinson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will participate in a fireside chat at the 2025 Deutsche Bank Global Consumer Conference on Tuesday, June 3, [...]
WASHINGTON / CAMBRIDGE, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has stripped Harvard University of its certification to enroll international students, throwing thousands of lives and academic futures into limbo—including those of dozens of Korean students studying at the elite institution. The decision, announced Wednesday (local time), came after Harvard allegedly [...]
LONDON, May 23, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Symphony – the communication and markets technology company – brought together the global financial services community for its flagship conference Innovate 2025, which took place in London yesterday. The firm unveiled its all-new and highly requested mobile version of its innovative trader voice platform Cloud9, showcasing key features including [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Seoul officially opened the 2025 Seoul International Garden Expo on Thursday with a grand ceremony at Boramae Park, launching what organizers say is the largest edition in the event’s history. Spanning 120,000 pyeong (approximately 400,000 square meters) and running for an unprecedented 152 days, the expo showcases 111 [...]