SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A clear majority of South Koreans continue to view unification with North Korea as a national goal, even as doubts persist about the prospects for renewed diplomacy with Pyongyang, according to a government-commissioned survey released Sunday. Nearly 69 percent of respondents said unification remains either “very necessary” or “quite necessary,” [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 40 years after being forcibly sent to the notorious Samcheong Reeducation Camp under the military regime of Chun Doo-hwan, a victim has won a rare court-ordered compensation from the South Korean government. The Seoul Central District Court recently ruled that the state must pay 95 million won (about [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Archaeologists have unearthed a lavish tomb believed to belong to a Silla-era general dating back 1,600 years, the national heritage agency said Monday. The tomb, thought to have been built for a high-ranking general who died around age 30, was discovered at the royal tomb complex in Gyeongju, the [...]
BERLIN, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — With just a week left before a deadline to dismantle a comfort woman statue in Berlin, a Korean civic group has filed an injunction against the local district office, seeking to preserve the memorial that has become a focal point of historical and diplomatic tensions. The Korea Verband, a [...]
SUWON, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — More than six decades after they were arrested and branded as traitors, two former university students have won damages from the South Korean government for their wrongful detention during mass protests against the 1964 South Korea–Japan normalization talks. The Suwon District Court ruled Sunday that the state must compensate [...]
PAJU, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A 95-year-old former long-term prisoner of war, An Hak-seop, attempted on Wednesday to cross into North Korea through Panmunjom but was stopped by South Korean military authorities at the Tongil Bridge checkpoint. An, who has long identified as a “non-converted” prisoner for refusing to renounce allegiance to the North, traveled [...]
Activists demand that Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pay tribute at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo during a rally at the shrine on Aug. 15, 2025, on the anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II. (Image courtesy of Yonhap) SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea expressed deep regret Friday after Japanese Prime Minister [...]
BUSAN, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — In a move seen as both scientific and symbolic, South Korea has published the world’s first complete genome sequence of the extinct Dokdo sea lion (Dokdo Ganchi or Dokdo Kangchi) —commonly known in the West as the “Japanese sea lion”—while using the name “Dokdo sea lion” in a peer-reviewed international [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday vowed to address long-standing grievances of Korean women forced into sexual slavery for the old Japanese army during World War II, saying that he would spare no efforts to restore the victims’ “honor and dignity.” According to historians, up to 200,000 women, mostly [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 80 years after Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule, a majority of South Koreans believe remnants of pro-Japanese collaboration remain unaddressed, according to a new survey released Wednesday by the Heritage of Korean Independence (HKI). The nationwide poll, conducted August 1–7 by Korea Data World, found that 70.9% [...]