SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese manufacturers have sustained a sweeping low-price export strategy for more than two years, intensifying competitive pressure on South Korean exporters across a range of sectors, a new study shows. According to a report released Sunday by Jih Man-soo, senior research fellow at the Korea Institute of Finance, Chinese export [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A series of large-scale personal data breaches at telecommunications companies and at e-commerce giant Coupang has revived concerns that South Korean firms have little incentive to purchase cyber insurance, despite growing systemic cybersecurity risks across the economy. According to a report released Sunday by the Korea Insurance Research Institute, Kwangmin [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea unveiled new measures on Sunday to strengthen security oversight of internet-connected cameras after police uncovered a sweeping hacking scheme in which more than 120,000 IP cameras installed in homes, hospitals, spas and massage clinics were compromised and used to produce sexually exploitative material. The scheme, uncovered by the [...]
DALY 2-EU results show zamtocabtagene autoleucel (zamto-cel) demonstrated clinically meaningful superiority over chemoimmunotherapy in patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma (r/r LBCL)1 Zamto-cel was well-tolerated in the majority of patients. DALY 2-EU included a high-risk study population, characterized by older age and clinically high-risk disease features A 12-day manufacturing time resulted in a vein-to-vein time [...]
MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 08, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – A damning analysis from the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA), entitled “The FCTC Secretariat’s Deepening Legitimacy Problem”, exposes how the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control has been captured by American philanthropist-funded NGOs, fundamentally undermining the treaty’s credibility and harming global public health [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s apartment market has slipped into a sharp slowdown following the government’s October 15 real estate policy, with transaction volume dropping steeply and demand in key Han River districts all but evaporating, government data show. According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s real transaction system, there were 2,372 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Seongbuk District in northern Seoul, home to many foreign embassies alongside Itaewon and Hannam, is holding its 14th annual European Christmas Market from December 6 to 7 at the district office courtyard. Launched in 2010, the event has evolved into a major cultural gathering where local residents and expatriates celebrate [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s draft system, long understood as a civic obligation and a cultural constant, has been facing a quieter strain beneath the surface: a growing number of young men simply never come back from overseas trips. According to newly disclosed government data, more than 900 South Korean men avoided [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is set to reclaim the top spot in the global market for dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) by revenue in the fourth quarter, overtaking its domestic rival SK hynix Inc., industry sources said Sunday. The South Korean tech giant is projected to post an operating profit of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — As BTS prepares for a full-group comeback next spring, RM, the group’s leader and most public voice, acknowledged that the band had wrestled with existential questions during its hiatus — including whether it should continue at all. The group is slated to reunite in 2025 after all seven members complete [...]