SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Air Seoul Inc., a South Korean budget carrier, said Friday it will resume flights between Incheon and Guam in late October, three years after suspending the service in 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The carrier plans to operate one flight a day on the route starting Oct. 26, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is likely to use his personal bulletproof special train when he travels to Beijing to attend China’s large-scale military parade next week, sources said Friday. Kim is scheduled to attend a high-profile military parade at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Wednesday to mark the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The defense ministry plans to expand the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology to assist military commanders’ decision-making in combat situations and support defense-related policymaking, officials said Friday. The plan was discussed at a meeting, chaired by Defense Vice Minister Lee Doo-hee, over the use of AI technology in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo met with Bangladesh’s ambassador to Seoul on Friday to discuss ways to expand economic cooperation between the two countries, Yeo’s office said. In the meeting with Ambassador Toufiq Islam Shatil, Yeo said Bangladesh is a key market connecting Southeast and Southwest Asia and [...]
VICTORIA, Seychelles, Aug. 28, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Bitget, the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, has been spotlighted in a newly released CoinDesk Market Data Deep-Dive report for its breakout performance across trading volume, institutional adoption, and liquidity leadership. Between November 2023 and June 2025, Bitget recorded a cumulative $11.5 trillion in derivatives volume, placing it [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) is set to hold an exhibition dedicated to artworks of the four finalists for the 2025 Korea Artist Award. This year’s finalists are Kim Young-eun, who uses sound to explore how politics and history affect what people hear; Kim Ji-pyeong, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – San Francisco Giants outfielder Lee Jung-hoo has become the second Korean player ever to hit 30 doubles in a single Major League Baseball season, following Choo Shin-soo. The 27-year-old Lee reached the milestone Wednesday (U.S. time) with a double in the Giants’ 12-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs at [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Celltrion Inc., a leading South Korean biopharmaceutical company, said Thursday it will strengthen its biosimilar lineup in Vietnam to meet rising demand in the Southeast Asian country. Celltrion launched two biosimilars in Vietnam this year — Remsima, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, in June, and Herzuma, for breast [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will attend China’s large-scale military parade next week, marking his first trip to China in six years, and his first joint appearance with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, news reports said Thursday. China will hold a high-profile military parade Wednesday [...]
Singapore , Aug. 28, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) — YY Group Holding Limited (NASDAQ: YYGH) (“YY Group,” “YYGH,” or the “Company”), a global leader in on-demand workforce solutions and integrated facility management (IFM), today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with KEENON (Hong Kong) Limited (“Keenon”), a globally renowned leading provider of service [...]