SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) —A recent surge in the popularity of Ghibli-style AI-generated images has brought to light generational differences in how South Koreans engage with generative AI tools, according to a new report by the Korea Press Foundation released Thursday. The report, published in the latest edition of Media Survey, analyzed responses from [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — In a bid to improve access to healthcare for foreign residents and multicultural families facing language barriers, the Seoul Metropolitan Government has launched the “2025 Seoul Medical Interpretation Support Corps” (MeSic), city officials announced Thursday. The initiative, which began this month, enlists a team of 43 qualified interpreters—comprising trained [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — In an extraordinary development that underscores South Korea’s ongoing political instability, Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister Lee Ju-ho assumed interim control of the nation’s executive leadership on Thursday, following the simultaneous resignations of former Acting President Han Duck-soo and former Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok. With the offices of [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean appellate court has ordered the government to pay 11 million won (approximately $7,600) in damages to a Moroccan national who was subjected to abusive treatment, including the controversial “shrimp posture” restraint, while held at an immigration detention center. The Seoul Central District Court’s Civil Division 9-1 upheld [...]
CHANGWON, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A long-standing dispute over plans to install a cable car in Jirisan National Park has resurfaced as South Korea prepares for an early presidential election, with local governments pushing forward while environmental groups intensify opposition. South Gyeongsang Province recently reaffirmed its support for the controversial project, naming it one [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Hanwha Ocean Co., South Korea’s leading shipbuilders, have pledged to strengthen cooperation with the United States in naval shipbuilding and maintenance during a visit by a top U.S. Navy official this week, according to the companies Thursday. U.S. Secretary of the Navy John [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate for South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party, has unveiled a sweeping set of labor policy proposals, vowing to support companies that adopt a 4.5-day workweek and gradually shift the nation toward a four-day workweek system. In a statement released via Facebook on April 30, [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea saw an unprecedented surge in lightning strikes last year, with the total number exceeding the 10-year average by more than 40 percent, underscoring a rise in atmospheric instability, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA). In its annual lightning report released on Tuesday, the KMA said a total [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A major South Korean small business advocacy group is urging the government to reject Google’s repeated requests to export high-precision map data, warning that such a move would threaten national digital sovereignty and jeopardize local jobs in emerging industries. In a strongly worded statement released Tuesday, the Korea Federation [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Ministry of Environment has named the giant water bug, known as Lethocerus deyrollei, as May’s endangered wildlife species of the month, highlighting the insect’s rare and remarkable paternal behavior and its declining habitat. Once common across the country, the water bug has become increasingly rare due to [...]