SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans now have limited options at the cinema with only a few blockbuster films dominating the big screen. Touted by major movie theater chains, large-budget films from major film studios have been carrying water for the industry, bringing millions of people to the cinema, and coining the term ’10 [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Winning a medal is a pretty big deal for most athletes. But it means a whole lot more for those in South Korea, where it can land them an exemption from serving in the military. In South Korea, every man aged between 18 and 35 faces conscription into the armed [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) – blogging site Tumblr is facing growing pressure amid reports that it is becoming a sanctuary for illegal content such as prostitution advertisements and revenge porn, with little to no interference from local authorities. According to the official website description, Tumblr is a ‘place to express yourself, discover yourself, and bond [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean TV networks are facing criticism over scarce media coverage of the PyeongChang Paralympics. The 2018 PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games kicked off last Friday under the theme of passion and coexistence, but the prospect of following up the success of the Winter Olympics remains doubtful, as many events featuring [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Japan has rejected calls from South Korea to include content related to so-called ‘comfort women’ in school textbooks. The request from Seoul to include information about comfort women in government-approved public education guidelines was met with a cold shoulder, Japan’s Sankei Shimbun reported earlier this week. The South Korean delegation [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A worrying number of South Korean children are falling victim to car accidents, prompting road authorities and schools to take safety precautions. In Seoul alone, an average of 734 pedestrian accidents involving children have taken place each year over the last five years, prompting local police forces to ramp up [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Despite a general lack of enthusiasm for the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, South Korean TV ratings fared well, with over 65 percent of the public tuned in at one point to watch two-time gold medalist Lee Sang-hwa compete. SBS came out on top of the ratings war in South Korea, leaving [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean athletes have thus far turned in a surprising performance at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, with an ice dance pair becoming first South Koreans to compete in free dance, the women’s curling team through to the semifinal, and ‘Iron Man’ Yun Sung-bin winning Asia’s very first gold medal in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government is under fire after introducing arbitrary standards for a new dog muzzle law focusing primarily on large dogs, a move that animal rights activists have described as ‘illogical’. Under the animal law, which will enter effect next month, dogs must be kept on a leash shorter [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — From 5G networks and virtual reality to live 4K broadcasts, cutting-edge technology has become a mainstay of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. The opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Games last Friday was a monumental showcase of 5G mobile technology, starting from a carefully orchestrated eye-opening drone show to a giant [...]