SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Despite the widespread social stigma surrounding sexual minorities in South Korea, most young people are supportive of the LGBT community, according to a new survey. Nearly 8 in 10 school middle students said they would continue a friendship with someone after finding out they are gay, the survey by the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and the United States kicked off a major air force exercise here Monday against North Korea’s threats, with two dozen U.S. stealth jets mobilized. The five-day Vigilant ACE (air combat exercise) comes less than a week after the North fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and declared the completion of its [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Kia Motors Corp., the country’s second-largest carmaker by sales, has launched the upgraded K7 sedan as part of its efforts to bolster sales, the company said Monday. On Monday, Kia began to sell the facelifted K7 full-size sedan in five versions in the domestic market. The carmaker has added a 3.0-liter gasoline-powered K7 model with an eight-speed automatic transmission to its existing four models to give customers more options, Kia said [...]
INCHEON, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – LPGA rookie sensation Park Sung-hyun got a hero’s welcome Monday as she returned home following a historic season. Park became only the second LPGA rookie ever to win the money title, the Rookie of the Year and the Player of the Year honors in one season, joining Nancy Lopez from 1978. Park clinched the points race for the top rookie award in October, with five tournaments remaining in the season, thanks [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court of Korea is developing a program through which members of the public can experience and learn about the criminal sentencing process, in a move to gain public trust in the country’s criminal justice system. The education initiative, currently in development, was unveiled to the public today at [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s ICT minister said Monday that the fourth industrial revolution will provide a good opportunity for South Korea as well as pose tough challenges as the country embraces a new paradigm shift that can fundamentally alter the way people live. “The fourth industrial revolution is both a crisis and opportunity forthe country that relies on people as [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Singer-songwriter Zion.T said Monday he was honored by industry veteran Lee Moon-sae signing off on a duet with him, praising him as a pioneer who defined the sentiment of modern Korean pop music. “He’s a senior artist that I dearly love and admire, so I dared myself to ask him. I told him I heard hallucinations of his voice [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean consumers tend to move towards imported cars when government regulations prompt price increases, a new survey has found. According to the report from Consumer Insight, which was conducted at the request of the Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association, when the price of cars rose by two million won, the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The debate over ‘no-kids zones’ is heating up after a Korean human rights commission ruled the exclusive policy as discriminatory. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) announced last week it had advised a restaurant owner to lift a business policy banning children younger than 13 years old. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Malicious code found in an Android bible app has been linked to a North Korean hacker group. A hacker group thought to be from North Korea has reportedly planted malicious code in modified versions of the Android bible reading app ‘Godpeople’ which has been downloaded through an illegal app [...]