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% [...]
YEONGAM, Aug.12 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean municipality of Yeongam has confirmed two court rulings from the Japanese colonial era, which reveal that local residents who exposed the forced recruitment of comfort women by the Japanese military were criminally punished. The incidents, which occurred in 1938, shortly after the start of the Second Sino-Japanese [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The “Gwangbokjeol Bread,” a collaboration between Korea Minting, Security Printing & Coinage Corporation (KOMSCO) and Seongshimdang Bakery, has been re-released after achieving impressive sales of 100 million KRW (approx. $75,000) within just two weeks of its initial launch. The two companies teamed up to mark the 80th anniversary of Korea’s [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — In a striking blend of technology and remembrance, AI-generated videos are breathing new life into Korea’s long-deceased independence fighters, captivating millions across social media platforms. From a smiling Yu Gwan-sun biting into a watermelon by a mountain stream to a tearful Yun Dong-ju quietly gazing into the distance, the [...]
SEOUL, August 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs has designated the 1936 Berlin Olympics “Erased Rising Sun” incident—where Korean newspapers removed the Japanese flag from the uniform of marathon gold medalist Sohn Kee-chung—as the “Independence Movement of August 2025.” At the time, Sohn, a Korean athlete under Japanese colonial [...]