TAIPEI, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Nvidia Corp. chief executive officer (CEO) Jensen Huang on Tuesday made a surprise visit to the booth of South Korea’s SK hynix Inc. at Computex 2025, a major information technology trade show held in Taiwan. Huang was personally guided through SK hynix’s booth by Kim Joo-seon, head of the [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Internet-only K-Bank is again seeking to go public after previously delaying or nixing its initial public offering (IPO) plans on three occasions, industry sources said Tuesday. In October, the company said it would postpone its IPO till early this year, citing low demand from investors. In January, the bank [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — It was a day that Los Angeles Dodgers utility man Kim Hye-seong would rather forget. Kim made a gaffe in center field while going 0-for-4 at the plate as the Dodgers lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-5 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Monday (local time). Making his [...]
HANOI, Vietnam, May 20, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – CT Group is one of the few entities selected to participate in the exhibition organized to implement Resolution No. 68-NQ/TW. This is not a regular exhibition or trade fair, but one designed to establish a showcase space, highlight achievements in private sector development, and display products from private [...]
GWANGJU, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Firefighters on Tuesday extinguished a massive fire that ravaged Kumho Tire’s plant in Gwangju, about three days after it first broke out. Fire authorities had fully put out the fire as of 11:50 a.m. after it began Saturday morning at the plant in Gwangju, about 270 kilometers south of [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military on Monday raised the possibility that North Korea received technological assistance from Russia in developing a new air-to-air missile following the North’s test of the weapon last week. On Saturday, the North’s state media reported North Korean leader Kim Jong-un oversaw anti-air combat and air raid [...]
CHANGWON, South Korea, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Officials in Changwon announced Monday the baseball stadium in the southeastern city is ready to welcome back its tenant after completing necessary safety inspections and maintenance work. Changwon opened the gates of Changwon NC Park, home of the NC Dinos in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), to [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Presidential candidates ramped up their campaigns on Monday to woo swing voters in the key battleground of Seoul, with the election just 15 days away to pick a successor to former President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was ousted over his failed martial law bid. Democratic Party (DP) candidate Lee [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Democratic Party (DP) on Monday disclosed photos it claims show a judge overseeing the insurrection trial of former President Yoon Suk Yeol at a hostess bar, shortly after the judge denied allegations in connection with such a hostess bar. Jee Kui-youn of the Seoul Central District Court has [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Servers at SK Telecom Co. containing personal information and universal subscriber identity module (USIM) data of all subscribers have been compromised in a cyberattack, raising concerns that critical USIM data used in financial transactions may have been leaked, a joint government-private investigation team said Monday. According to the team’s [...]