SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics has launched a new clothing care device, the LG Styler S3WW, through Japan’s crowdfunding platform “Green,” marking a strategic move to gauge market demand and bolster brand presence in one of the world’s most competitive consumer electronics markets. The new model is a simplified, value-focused version of [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics has unveiled the latest installment in its wildlife conservation campaign, broadcasting a striking 3D video of the endangered pygmy owl on the digital billboards of New York’s Times Square, the company announced Sunday. The short film, part of LG’s ongoing “Life’s Good” environmental initiative, marks the seventh [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of foreign-invested companies in South Korea view the country’s labor relations as confrontational and its labor market regulations as excessively rigid, according to a new survey released Sunday by the Korea Economic Research Institute (KERI), an arm of the Federation of Korean Industries. The poll, conducted by [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A new survey shows overwhelming support among South Korean workers for legislative efforts to criminalize non-consensual sex and enact a comprehensive anti-discrimination law, placing pressure on the Yoon Suk Yeol administration to take action on gender equality reforms. According to a poll released on Sunday by labor rights group Workplace [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) has submitted over 1.5 million citizen signatures to an appeals court in support of its ongoing 50 billion won ($38 million) damages lawsuit against major tobacco companies, signaling strong public backing in a legal battle over smoking-related health costs. The NHIS announced [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s foreign resident population has reached a historic peak, surpassing 2.73 million as of the end of June, according to new data released by the Ministry of Justice on Sunday. The number of foreign nationals staying in the country for education, work, tourism, or other purposes stood at [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — As YouTube continues to dominate the global internet landscape—with over 20 trillion videos uploaded and 20 million more added daily—its influence in South Korea has become particularly pronounced. More than half of South Koreans (51%) now consume news via YouTube, significantly outpacing the global average of 31%, according to the [...]
INCHEON, South Korea, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Hip-hop superstar Kanye West returned to the Korean stage on Saturday night, igniting a euphoric crowd of more than 26,000 fans at Incheon Munhak Stadium in his first full concert in the country in over a decade. Braving sweltering summer heat that lingered near 30°C even [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) – As South Korea grapples with an intensifying pattern of extreme heat and heavy rainfall, sun parasols and rain boots are emerging as must-have items—transcending gender norms and seasonal fashion boundaries. Once seen as a distinctly feminine accessory, parasols are now gaining popularity among men, driven by practical concerns over [...]
JEJU, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) – In a groundbreaking achievement, South Korea’s National Institute of Biological Resources announced on July 24 that it has successfully tracked the full migration route of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)—a global first in ornithological research. The bird, which was tagged with a GPS transmitter on Jeju Island in May [...]