SEOUL, April 28(Korea Bizwire) — Despite aggressive efforts to attract outstanding foreign talent to bolster its science and engineering sectors, South Korea is facing challenges in persuading international students to settle in the country after graduation, a new government report shows. On April 27, the National Research Foundation of Korea released findings from its study on [...]
GWANGJU, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The recorded message comes before every call now: “This call will be recorded from this point onward.” It was supposed to make things better. It hasn’t. At the Seo District Office in Gwangju, where municipal workers answer hundreds of citizen complaints each week, the voices on the other end of [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — As competition from Chinese firms intensifies and prices for older memory products plunge, major global semiconductor manufacturers are accelerating a strategic shift: phasing out legacy DRAM production and concentrating on high-end, high-margin memory technologies. According to Taiwanese market research firm TrendForce and local media reports on April 27, Samsung Electronics [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — As temperatures warm and marathon season returns in full force to South Korea’s capital, mounting frustration among Seoul residents is sparking renewed debate over the city’s growing number of road races. On April 16, complaints flooded online community forums for apartment residents in the Jamsil neighborhood after the 2025 Seoul [...]
DAEJEON, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A collaborative team of South Korean and British scientists has identified a critical enzyme involved in the progression of Parkinson’s disease, offering a potential breakthrough for future therapeutic strategies. On April 27, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced that Professor Choi Min-hee’s team from the Department [...]
BUSAN, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Greenpeace, in collaboration with the Busan International Short Film Festival, will screen a documentary addressing the escalating crisis facing the world’s oceans on April 28 at 7 p.m. at the Busan Cinema Center’s outdoor theater. The documentary, titled Signal — a reference to the ocean’s “final signal” to humanity — [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — SpaceX and OneWeb are on track to launch low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication services in South Korea before the end of 2025, according to the Ministry of Science and ICT. The ministry announced on April 27 that administrative procedures for approving the companies’ domestic satellite services are in the final [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Coupang announced on April 27 that it has established a new recycling system to repurpose expired “Rocket Fresh Bags,” using their plastic components to manufacture cargo pallets. Introduced in March 2020, Rocket Fresh Bags are reusable insulated bags designed to deliver fresh food while minimizing environmental impact. Made from high-strength [...]
CHANGWON, South Korea, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Hanwha Aerospace Co. is seeking to join a U.S. Department of Defense initiative to establish a network of military repair hubs in the Indo-Pacific, a move that could significantly enhance the combat readiness of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) and strengthen South Korea’s strategic role in allied security [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Jae-myung’s story begins not in a seat of power, but on a factory floor. As a boy in Seongnam, he inhaled toxic fumes while laboring in industrial plants, lost his sense of smell, and suffered a permanent arm injury — all to help his family scrape by. Now, with [...]