SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The last-place team in South Korean baseball will miss their closer for the rest of the season due to an elbow injury. The Kiwoom Heroes announced Monday that right-handed reliever Ju Seung-woo will undergo elbow reconstructive surgery, commonly called Tommy John surgery, in his pitching arm on Aug. 22. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Former minor party leader Cho Kuk will be granted a special pardon on the occasion of Liberation Day, the justice ministry said Monday, cutting short his two-year prison term over charges in connection with his daughter. Cho will be granted an exemption of his sentence under the presidential amnesty [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and Vietnam will work to expand bilateral cooperation in the energy industry, including renewable energy and nuclear power, as the two countries aim to bolster ties in trade, security and other sectors, Seoul officials said Monday. The countries’ industry ministries signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Key of K-pop boy group SHINee is returning as a soloist with a bold, concept-driven project. For his third full-length solo album, “Hunter,” the singer embraces an “urban legend” theme in which the protagonist confronts his “other self.” It marks his first studio album since “Gasoline” in August 2022. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — President Lee Jae Myung’s special pardons for political figures, businesspeople and low-level offenders aim to promote national unity and revitalize the local economy, the presidential office said Monday. During an extraordinary Cabinet meeting, Lee approved special pardons and reinstatement for 2,188 individuals on the occasion of Liberation Day, which [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – President Lee Jae Myung held phone talks with Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof on Monday and discussed ways to step up their bilateral cooperation in semiconductors and other areas, his office said. During their first phone talks, Schoof congratulated Lee on his inauguration and expressed hope that the friendly [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Unification Minister Chung Dong-young met with the Swedish ambassador in Seoul on Monday to discuss ways to step up cooperation and address pending issues on the Korean Peninsula, his office said. During talks with Swedish Ambassador to South Korea Karl-Olof Andersson, Chung expressed appreciation for Sweden’s diplomatic efforts to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s central bank said Monday it has signed a renewed memorandum of understanding (MOU) with its Vietnamese counterpart, the State Bank of Vietnam, to promote bilateral partnership. The updated MOU, initially signed in 2004, aims to deepen cooperation in various areas between the two central banks, including monetary policy [...]
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 11, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Zymeworks Inc. (Nasdaq: ZYME), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a diverse pipeline of novel, multifunctional biotherapeutics to improve the standard of care for difficult-to-treat diseases, including cancer, inflammation, and autoimmune disease, today announced the appointments of Greg Ciongoli and Robert E. Landry to the Company’s Board of Directors, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Ahn Hyun-min, the hot-hitting rookie outfielder for the KT Wiz, has been named the top player in South Korean baseball for the month of July. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said Ahn earned the most votes from media and fans for the Player of the Month honor for July. [...]