SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Wartime documents showed the Japanese government was involved in forcing Korean women to serve as “comfort women” at Japan’s military brothels during World War II, Kyodo News reported Friday. The Japanese army asked that there be one comfort woman for every 70 soldiers, Kyodo reported, citing the documents collected [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Late last month, Japanese immigration authorities held South Korean atomic bomb victims who came to Japan to attend the mass of Pope Francis at the airport for more than five hours, causing a stir by delaying their entry to Japan. In a related development, the Korea Atomic Bombs Victim [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A steady increase in online drug trafficking is plaguing South Korean society, as illegal substances can be easily ordered and delivered in parcels, law enforcement officials said Tuesday. The emergence of online channels as a major drug trafficking route has resulted in recent surges in local drug offenses and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Pengsoo is South Korea’s newest rising star. Debuting in March with a 23-second “meokbang,” or eating show, clip of munching on meringue cookies, Pengsoo now boasts more than 1 million subscribers on YouTube. Pengsoo soared to stardom in less than a year, appearing on both terrestrial and cable TV [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Thursday unveiled a set of revised policies for college admission following a controversy over the current system, which some claim favors students with rich and powerful parents. Under the revised measures, Seoul-based universities with high admission standards will pick 40 percent of their freshmen through a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting next year, ‘hagwons’ or private educational institutes in Seoul may be obligated to close on Sundays. The Committee to Encourage Public Debate on Hagwon Day-Offs on Sundays, comprised of students, parents, teachers, and local residents, recommended on Tuesday that the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education (SMOE) implement the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop singer Goo Ha-ra, who was bombarded with malicious comments online and suffered from depression, was found dead at home Sunday in a suspected suicide. As such sad news spread following fellow K-pop star Sulli’s death last month, calls are growing for the government to supplement the system of punishment for [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of South Koreans believe their children cannot move up the social ladder, a survey showed Monday. The survey released by Statistics Korea showed that 55.5 percent of those surveyed said they do not think their children can ascend to a higher social status, down from 55 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid a deepening divide between Korean and Chinese students at local universities over the issue of the democratization movement in Hong Kong, a number of Chinese students are being reported for offensive conduct. One student at Hanyang University responsible for setting up the Lennon Wall and receiving messages from [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — In a string of movements supporting the democracy protests in Hong Kong, South Korean students gathered once again Tuesday, demanding that authorities stop suppressing protesters. “We condemn the suppression and support the Hong Kong protests. We hope the solidarity and support from Korea will reach the protesters in Hong [...]