SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop super band BTS will dazzle the world music scene with a series of high-profile performances in the United Sates next week ahead of its official release of a new album. American broadcaster iHeartRadio recently announced an upcoming live show featuring the septet, heralding the band’s full-swing return to [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The administrative city of Sejong will introduce South Korea’s first electric articulated buses, an eco-friendly means of public transportation using electricity as a source of energy, beginning Thursday. Two buses will enter service for each of the two bus routes, carrying a maximum of 84 passengers. The buses can [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Beer imports in South Korea declined last year for the first time in a decade, a phenomenon not seen since the 2009 global financial crisis. Analysts say beer imports, which recently peaked in terms of growth, showed signs of falling. Adding to the symptom of decline was a boycott [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl band IZ*ONE will return to the music scene next month, resuming its high-profile music career that was put on hold amid a vote-rigging scandal involving the band’s native audition show last year. “Mnet and the management agencies of IZ*ONE members decided to resume their activities in respect [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s first transgender soldier on Wednesday pleaded to be allowed to continue to serve after the military decided to discharge her. Byun Hee-soo, an Army staff sergeant in her 20s, voluntarily enlisted as a man in 2017 and underwent sex reassignment surgery in Thailand in November last year. [...]
DAMYANG, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court has ruled that charging an entrance fee at the Metasequoia Way in Damyang County, South Jeolla Province does not amount to a legal violation. The decision comes for the second time after a similar decision was made in an earlier trial. The South Korean government [...]
DAEJEON, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Young South Koreans are pioneering the use of vacant land near expressways to start agricultural businesses. The Korea Expressway Corp. (KEC) will distribute 3,800㎡ of land near Daejeon Southern Ring Expressway’s Annyeong Tollgate to student members of the Agricultural Startup Committee at Chungnam National University to develop agricultural startups. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Army said Wednesday it decided not to allow a noncommissioned officer who underwent sex reassignment surgery to continue to serve in the military as a female soldier. The decision was made in a military committee meeting that looked into the case of Byun Hee-soo, a 22-year-old staff sergeant [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The K-pop scene has a new — or some may say old — shining star. Yang Joon-il, a 50-year-old singer who was considered an outcast in the early ’90s, has enthralled fans in a dramatic comeback that took nearly three decades to happen. The fairy tale story all began [...]
TAEAN, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Bananas and papaya, representative tropical fruits, are being cultivated on a farm on Anmyeon Island in Taean County, South Chungcheong Province. Bananas produced at the farm are sweeter than imported ones due to large daily temperature differences and abundant sunshine. In addition, the yield per tree has reached 50 [...]