SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Following BTS member Suga’s donation of 5 billion won (US$3.62 million) to help build a treatment center for children with autism, fans around the world have responded with an outpouring of support, hospital officials said Tuesday. Severance Hospital in Seoul announced that public donations for the planned Min Yoon-gi [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The market capitalization of chip giant SK hynix Inc. surpassed 200 trillion won (US$146.5 billion) for the first time Tuesday amid a rally in the South Korean stock market. Shares of SK hynix were trading at 278,000 won as of 2 p.m., up 7.13 percent from the previous session. [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Forty-five South Koreans, including one with U.S. nationality, have escaped Israel and safely arrived in neighboring Egypt, amid heightening tensions from the armed conflict between Israel and Iran, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Monday. They passed through the border via a land route on Monday afternoon (local time) by a [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The host country South Korea finalized their men’s and women’s squads for the upcoming East Asian football tournament on Monday. The Korea Football Association (KFA) unveiled the men’s and women’s teams, each featuring 23 players, for the July 7-16 East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) E-1 Football Championship. With the [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean football star Son Heung-min has appeared in the popular online shooting game Fortnite as an in-game character, the title’s publisher Epic Games said Monday. Fortnite players can purchase the limited-time Son character within Fortnite’s item shop from Monday through Saturday. The character comes with the uniform themed [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Yonhap) — Former first lady Kim Keon Hee defied prosecutors’ summons Monday over allegations of stock price manipulation and interference with the election nomination process, officials said. A special investigation unit under the prosecution had requested Kim, the wife of ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol, to appear for questioning as a suspect, [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — President Lee Jae Myung on Monday instructed the presidential office and all ministries to be put under an emergency response system in order to address heightened tensions in the Middle East following U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites. In his first meeting with senior presidential aides since taking office, [...]
Applications open now for supernatural urban open-world RPG BEIJING, June 23, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) — Publisher Perfect World Games, and Hotta Studio, developers of the highly-anticipated, supernatural urban open-world RPG NTE (Neverness to Everness), have announced a new Closed Beta test for Windows PC, taking place from July 3-16. In a special livestream event aired on [...]
Smith+Nephew (LSE:SN, NYSE:SNN), the global medical technology company, announces the appointment of Ajay Dhankhar, PhD, as Chief Corporate Development & Strategy Officer, effective today. Ajay will report to Chief Executive Officer Deepak Nath and join the Smith+Nephew Executive Committee. As both a senior management consultant and investment banker, Ajay has advised CEOs and Boards at [...]
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, June 23, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) — “We will not wait for the waves to wash away our homes and infrastructure”, was the declaration by the leader of the world’s smallest republic, just after the nation had used COP29 as a launchpad for the world’s most innovative climate resilience project. “While the world [...]