NURMIJÄRVI, Finland, Jan. 22, 2026 (Korea Bizwire) – DayOne, a Singapore-based global data center developer and operator, today announced early-stage plans for a data center project in Klaukkala, Nurmijärvi, Finland. At the same time, the Municipality of Nurmijärvi has initiated its handling of a preliminary sale of the data center site with DayOne. The planned [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Gangnam District has begun installing newly designed “separated smoking booths” along major commercial corridors, part of a broader effort to reduce secondhand smoke and ease tensions between smokers and pedestrians. District officials said Thursday that the first booths have been placed near the DB Financial Center on Teheran-ro and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s benchmark stock index surged past the long-symbolic 5,000 mark on Thursday, propelled not by a single sector but by a widening rally that rotated from semiconductors into automobiles, defense, nuclear power and other heavyweight industries. The Korea Composite Stock Price Index, or KOSPI, climbed 1.89 percent in early [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea on Thursday formally enacted a far-reaching law governing the use of artificial intelligence, positioning itself as the first country to introduce a comprehensive legal framework aimed at curbing misinformation, deepfakes and other emerging risks tied to the technology. The legislation, known as the AI Basic Act, establishes national [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – SK bioscience Co., a biopharmaceutical arm of South Korea’s SK Group, said Thursday it will accelerate the development of a Zaire Ebola virus vaccine with funding from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI). The announcement follows a funding agreement between CEPI and U.S. pharmaceutical company MSD to support [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Koreans’ rice consumption fell to a record low in 2025 as changing diets and eating habits continued to reduce demand, government data showed Thursday. Per capita rice consumption stood at 62.5 kilograms last year, down 3 percent, or 1.9 kg, from the previous year, according to the data [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The unification ministry said Thursday it will seek consultations with the U.N. Command (UNC) over its move to reopen three shuttered trail sections within the inter-Korean buffer zone of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). In 2019, South Korea launched 11 trail routes, known as the DMZ Peace Trail, along key [...]
TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan, Jan. 21, 2026 (Korea Bizwire) – IPC Systems (“‘IPC”), a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and multi-cloud connectivity solutions, announced its role as the exclusive global distributor for Vsense FinTech, Inc. (“Vsense”), a Taiwan-based innovator in FPGA-powered trading solutions. IPC will serve as the exclusive global distributor and white-label reseller [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — President Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday pledged a sweeping crackdown on what he described as entrenched ties between religious groups and political power, calling such practices “a path toward national ruin” and signaling possible expansion of ongoing investigations. Speaking at a New Year press conference, Mr. Lee warned against the organized [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of newly opened real estate brokerage offices in South Korea fell last year to its lowest level since the Asian financial crisis, underscoring the prolonged slump gripping the country’s property market. According to data released Tuesday by the Korea Association of Realtors, just 9,150 licensed brokers opened new [...]