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 [...]
GANGNEUNG, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — With the mammoth task of ensuring peace and security during the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics behind them, the men and women largely responsible for what one police insider has assessed as “the safest Olympics ever” remain focused on doing it all over again throughout the Winter Paralympics set to [...]
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, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — “It’s so convenient, since I don’t have to go all the way to Jeonju anymore.” So said one elderly woman standing before the entrance of the small cinema in Gimje City, North Jeolla Province. Surrounding her was a small crowd of fellow seniors and families with children, all waiting [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite repeated statements made by the governments of both South Korea and Japan declaring their intention to build a future-oriented relationship, conflicting views on previously arranged reparations for comfort women are continuing to be a point of contention. In his commemorative speech on March 1, the 99th anniversary marking [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – That the Paralympics are scheduled to kick off on March 9 hasn’t stopped Gangwon Province from turning its attention to the issue of Olympics facility maintenance only days after the conclusion of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics. On February 27, the Gangwon provincial legislature urged the central government to [...]
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 [...]
PYEONGCHANG, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Moments during and after the South Korean women’s team pursuit quarterfinals performance at the PyeongChang Oympics has sparked an uproar that has yet to settle. Despite finishing seventh out of eight teams that day, the reason for the public outrage has not been the team’s poor record, but what [...]
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 [...]