SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — With backlash from franchisees growing over the South Korean unit of German sports brand Adidas’s decision to unilaterally terminate franchise contracts, lawmakers have stepped in to scrutinize the issue. The office of Rep. Choi Seung-jae, a member of the ruling People Power Party and the National Assembly’s National Policy [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Following a recent case of suicide committed by a young homeroom teacher at an elementary school in Seoul’s Seocho Ward, rumors are spreading that excessive complaints from parents led the teacher to take such extreme measures. Teachers have increasingly faced verbal and physical assaults from students’ parents, according to [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Delivery drivers of the food delivery app Baedal Minjok are frustrated with the company’s monsoon season promotion, claiming that the requirements are overly strict and primarily benefit the company. Woowa Brothers Corp., the operator of Baedal Minjok, initiated a promotion for delivery workers on July 10, which will conclude [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans are becoming increasingly aware of climate change in the wake of this year’s deadly heavy rains. The memories of Seoul’s Gangnam area being submerged last summer remain vivid. “I now realize that heavy rainfall can be a matter of life and death after witnessing so many people [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of young South Koreans preparing for exams for public jobs and professional licenses has fallen for the second year in a row, data showed Tuesday. Some 634,000 people out of 4.16 million economically inactive people aged 15-29 have been preparing for exams to land jobs this year, [...]
SEOUL & YONGIN, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The birth of the first twin pandas in South Korea at the Everland theme park on July 7 has captured the public’s attention, particularly the inspiring story of their mother, Ai Bao. While the arrival of the twin pandas has generated unprecedented interest in these adorable creatures, [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. tech giant Google has seen great potential for artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in South Korea, as it has chosen Korean as its priority service language besides English for its AI-based chatbot, Bard, a senior company official said Thursday. “With Bard launched in Korean in 2023, this is one [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Visual storytelling skills are essential to become a professional webtoon artist, but advancing artificial intelligence (AI) technology is now capable of creating images and text, and challenging the industry in a fundamental way. Webtoons, a type of digital comics read on smartphones, tablets and PCs, have emerged as a [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Home Shopping Network Corp. said Monday it will be releasing the second episode of its entertainment-style “deal commerce” program, hosted by actor Kwon Hyuk-soo, on its official YouTube channel. The concept of deal commerce was introduced in April as the industry’s first program based on the idea of [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Controversy is looming over the efforts of local governments to hold ‘matchmaking’ events as a solution to the pervasive low birthrate. The Saha District in Busan announced on Sunday that it will host a matchmaking event next year to address the low marriage and birthrate problems. Similarly, the municipality [...]