SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 1,000 cases of patients suffering heat-related illnesses have been reported to date this summer as a heat wave hit the country earlier than normal, data showed Wednesday, one day after the country saw record high temperatures in the capital, Seoul. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit North Korea later this week, the North’s state media reported Wednesday. Lavrov will visit North Korea from Friday to Sunday at the invitation of the North Korean foreign ministry, the Korean Central News Agency said, without providing further details. Once in North [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO Holdings Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s leading steelmaker POSCO, has sold its entire stake in a Chinese stainless steel joint venture for around 400 billion won (US$291 million), industry sources said Wednesday. According to the sources, POSCO Holdings had signed a preliminary deal to sell its [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Japan defeated Chinese Taipei 4-0 in South Korea on Wednesday to open their three-peat bid at the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) E-1 Women’s Football Championship. Miyu Yakata, Yume Takikawa and Hana Takahashi each scored for Japan in their tournament opener at Suwon World Cup Stadium in Suwon, some [...]
VICTORIA, Seychelles, July 09, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Bitget, the leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, has introduced support for tokenized stocks via its Onchain platform, following an integration with xStocks that bridges traditional equities into the crypto ecosystem. This development enables crypto users to gain exposure to top listed MNCs through a blockchain-native interface without [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Mobile game sales generated from South Korean companies fell 13 percent from a year earlier in the first half of 2025, industry data showed Wednesday. Combined sales of local gaming companies from January to June totaled 3.3 trillion won (USD$2.4 billion), down from 3.8 trillion won a year earlier, [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Navy said Wednesday it plans to begin flight training for the P-3C maritime patrol aircraft this week, as part of preparations to resume operations of the aircraft that had been grounded following a fatal crash in May. A Navy P-3CK patrol plane crashed on a mountain in Pohang, [...]
VICTORIA, Seychelles, July 09, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Bitget, the leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, has announced the listing of Tanssi (TANSSI) on its spot trading platform. Tanssi is a decentralized infrastructure protocol. Besides being available for spot trading, Bitget will also launch an exclusive PoolX campaign and a CandyBomb campaign. Trading for the TANSSI/USDT [...]
SYDNEY, July 09, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) — Axi, a leading force in global financial services, announced the launch of AxiPrime, its institutional and next-generation B2B liquidity provider (LP) to meet the evolving needs of professional trading firms. With a focus on multi-asset liquidity and cutting-edge technology and execution infrastructure, AxiPrime offers access to a broad [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Director Lee Sang-geun of “Exit” has reunited with actress Im Yoon-ah for the upcoming comedy “Pretty Crazy,” aiming to replicate the box office success of their previous collaboration. At a press conference for the new film on Wednesday, the director said the K-pop idol-turned-actress was his first choice for [...]