SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – One in five married women with children experienced career interruptions this year, government data showed Thursday, marking the lowest level largely due to change in social perception and improved work–life balance policies. The number of married women aged 15 to 54 living with children under the age of 18 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Once a nostalgic winter street snack sold from roadside carts, bungeoppang — Korea’s fish-shaped pastry filled traditionally with sweet red bean — is fast becoming a breakout product in the global bakery market, buoyed by advances in frozen food technology and the worldwide rise of Korean pop culture. According to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A large majority of South Korean workers say the country’s labor market is fundamentally unequal, reflecting long-standing structural divides between large conglomerates and smaller firms, according to new research presented at a major labor conference in Seoul on Tuesday. The survey, released at the 30th-anniversary forum of the Federation [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A large majority of South Korean workers in their 20s and 30s say the country should extend the legal retirement age, reflecting deepening economic anxieties and concerns about old-age security, according to a new survey released Wednesday. The poll, conducted by Remember & Company, which operates the professional networking [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has secured a decisive victory in its protracted legal war with Lone Star Funds, closing a contentious chapter that has shaped the country’s financial and political landscape for more than two decades. The U.S. private equity firm—long criticized in Korea as a predatory “vulture fund”—first entered the market [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to impose stricter disclosure requirements on listed companies’ executive compensation and expand access to shareholder voting information, in a move aimed at improving market transparency and strengthening investor rights, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) announced Sunday. Under the reform package — titled Measures to Improve Corporate Disclosure [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics is set to launch its first dual-folding smartphone, the Galaxy Z Trifold, next month, marking a new step in the evolution of foldable devices. According to industry sources, Samsung will hold an official launch event on December 5 to introduce the Trifold and begin domestic sales. The model, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Both Samsung Electronics and Apple are expected to revamp their flagship smartphone lineups in 2026 after the disappointing performance of their ultra-thin models released earlier this year, 2025. Apple introduced the iPhone Air in September 2025, a 5.6-millimeter-thick, 165-gram handset replacing the traditional “Plus” model in the iPhone 17 series. [...]
SUNCHEON, South Korea, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The families of those killed in the 1948 Yeosu-Suncheon Incident say they are being wronged a second time—this time not by soldiers, but by lawyers. More than seventy-five years after their parents and grandparents were branded traitors and executed during South Korea’s turbulent birth, survivors are now accusing [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s once-niche men’s cosmetics industry is rapidly emerging as a major growth engine for K-beauty, driven by changing attitudes toward grooming and self-care among younger male consumers. Once limited to simple skin lotion sets, the market has expanded to include makeup, fragrance, and scalp-care products as more men embrace [...]