SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – A prominent liberal politician on Wednesday withdrew his bid for the June Seoul mayoral election and quit politics over allegations that he sexually harassed a young woman seven years ago. Chung Bong-ju, 57, exited the crowded race shortly after the alleged victim unveiled a fresh piece of evidence to [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop group BTS and rising classical pianist Cho Seong-jin have been named among Asia’s 30 most influential people under the age of 30 in entertainment and sports this year. BTS and Cho were included in Forbes’ “30 Under 30 Asia” list in the entertainment and sports category, which was [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Several taxi drivers who were caught ripping off foreign customers have been banned from entering Incheon Airport. In a first, nine taxi drivers who charged foreign customers unfair cab fares will not be able to operate at the airport for 60 days. The move comes after a list of [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has landed the exclusive rights to explore a deep-sea manganese pavement mine lot in the western Pacific. Under the contract signed between the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and the International Seabed Authority (ISA) on Tuesday, South Korea will be able to explore cobalt rich ferromanganese crusts [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean webtoon makers are being hit hard by illegal copies, suffering economic damages of over 200 billion won every month. The worrying figure comes from a report from Webtoon Guide citing one website known for sharing illegal copies of South Korean webtoon series, which was submitted to the [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A secret garden hidden inside Changdeokgung Palace will open to the public until April. On this rare occasion, visitors to Changdeokgung Palace will be able to enter the back garden of Nakseonjae where spring flowers will present a striking view. A special program which begins next Thursday will be held [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean web portal Naver has said it will focus on improving its video content amid growing competition with Google’s popular video service YouTube. “Plans are underway to bolster video content for Junior Naver, such as kids’ videos, musical videos and how-to videos. We plan to invest more in videos [...]
INCHEON, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s largest airport is going high-tech to combat bird strikes, deploying drones to keep the skies safe. An unmanned aerial vehicle was launched on Thursday afternoon at a reservoir just 2 kilometers off the runway at Incheon Airport, as part of testing for the new bird strike prevention method. [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Former South Korea football coach Hong Myun-bo said Thursday he wants to see the national players’ “fangs” at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Hong, who now works as the general secretary at the Korea Football Association (KFA), said he hopes the national team shows its fighting spirit like a tiger, the animal that symbolizes South Korean football and is engraved on the KFA crest. “South Korea are characterized [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean telecom giant KT Corp. announced Thursday that it will start commercial operations of its fifth-generation (5G) mobile network in March 2019. KT said its goal is to provide “perfect 5G” service by building a nationwide infrastructure so faster and more stable data processing, far exceeding the capacity of the existing 4G network, or long-term evolution (LTE), will be [...]