SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Unverified health claims promoting butter as a cure-all—from cancer remission to weight control and even children’s brain development—are spreading rapidly across social media in South Korea, prompting warnings from medical and nutrition experts about potential health risks. Videos circulating on platforms such as YouTube, Instagram and TikTok urge viewers to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has taken a step to strengthen its supply of strategic minerals by formally recognizing recycling and recovery from waste as a distinct industrial sector, a move aimed at shoring up domestic supply chains for materials critical to advanced manufacturing. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said Thursday [...]
LAS VEGAS•SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group placed robotics, rather than automobiles, at the center of its CES 2026 showcase in Las Vegas this week, signaling a strategic push to bring artificial intelligence–driven robots from research labs into factories and everyday life. Under the theme “AI Robotics, Beyond the Lab and Into Life,” [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s efforts to boost parental leave as part of its fight against ultra-low birthrates continue to run up against a stark divide between large corporations and small businesses, according to a new government-commissioned survey that highlights persistent workplace barriers for parents. The findings, released Wednesday, show that while awareness [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean teenagers are spending more than three hours a day watching online video content, with short-form clips rapidly overtaking longer videos as their dominant mode of media consumption, according to a new national survey. The findings were released on Wednesday by the Korea Press Foundation in its 2025 survey [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The nation’s highest court is set to deliver a high-profile ruling on whether Coupang, the country’s dominant e-commerce platform, violated fair trade laws by collecting sales promotion fees and incentives from its suppliers—a decision that could reshape regulatory oversight of online retail practices. The case stems from penalties imposed by [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Supreme Court is set to deliver a closely watched ruling this month in a long-running dispute over franchise fees involving Pizza Hut Korea, a decision that could reshape the financial practices of the country’s franchise industry. According to the food service sector, the Supreme Court’s Civil Division 3 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean stocks climbed to a record close Friday, propelled by heavy buying in large semiconductor names as investors doubled down on bets that artificial intelligence–driven growth will continue to bolster the country’s export engine. The won weakened against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index jumped [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Characters from the animated film K‑Pop Demon Hunters are drawing online attention that rivals — and in some cases surpasses — that of real-world global pop stars, underscoring the growing power of virtual idols in the social media age. According to an analysis cited by The Guardian, data from marketing [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Deceptive and exaggerated online advertising is proliferating in South Korea, fueled by weak pre-screening rules, limited enforcement capacity and the rapid spread of artificial intelligence tools that make fake claims harder to detect, according to government officials and regulators. Across platforms such as YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, consumers are increasingly [...]