SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Russia and China have recently adopted punitive measures affecting North Korea’s aviation industry in a bid to mount pressure on the regime following its series of military provocations, the foreign ministry here said Thursday. “Last May, the European Union banned North Korean airplanes or airplanes that depart from North [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Residents in Hawaii and Alaska, among U.S. citizens, are the most sensitive to North Korean developments, with the number of searches with the keyword “North Korea” the highest among the states, a U.S. broadcaster reported Wednesday. Hawaii and Alaska, among U.S. states, are U.S. territories located closest to North Korea, and thus their residents are the most responsive whenever North Korean issues hit newsstands, Voice of America (VOA) said. Last Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) also told [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) – From the beginning of a presidential campaign, fundraising is one of the most daunting tasks facing each candidate struggling to pay for campaigners, office rental contracts and media advertising, to name a few, observers said Wednesday. Then, a series of questions arise about how much and through what methods presidential hopefuls can raise funds and whether their election-year expenditures can be recouped after the May [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Concerns over further American military intervention are growing among residents of Jeju Island after the U.S. Aegis destroyer USS Stethem docked at the Jeju Naval Base before heading back to its home port in Japan. Anti-war organizations and town councils based in Gangjeong village, where the Naval base is [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom announced yesterday plans to equip the Incheon SK Happy Dream Park with devices running on 5G technology for baseball fans visiting the stadium during the three-day season opening series. Dubbed the “5G Stadium”, the home stadium of the SK Wyverns will be transformed this weekend into a venue [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Heated discussions are taking place online over a nickname for Samsung’s much anticipated new Galaxy S8 prior to its release, after LG’s new G6 smartphone had the misfortune of being dubbed the “impeachment phone” due to its release coinciding with the day former president Park Geun-hye was removed from office. [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – A leading German car magazine has recently judged Hyundai Motor Co.’s i20 hatchback as the best car in its class beating rivals in comfort, performance and interior space. ‘Auto Zeitung,’ one of Germany’s most respected motoring magazines, compared the Hyundai i20 to four of its 1.0-liter turbo-charged competitors — [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea will fully implement a new 12-year compulsory education system, a North Korean paper reported Wednesday, three days ahead of the start of a new semester in the communist country. “The 12-year obligatory school system will be enforced on a full scale this year,” the Rodong Sinmun, a [...]
JEJU, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 60 percent of individuals from other parts of South Korea who have settled down in Jeju Island say they are happy to have moved there, a survey from the Jeju Women & Family Research Institute (JEWFRI) has found. The survey, which was conducted last year, gathered a sample [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean steelmaker POSCO is introducing new comprehensive birth encouragement policies that will help pregnant employees from pregnancy through to child care. The company’s labor union said yesterday that pregnant employees will receive support through all stages of pregnancy, from childbirth to babysitting, allowing employees to have a healthy [...]