SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — In the aftermath of former President Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment earlier this year, a faction of his staunch supporters has turned against South Korea’s mainstream media, embracing conspiracy theories and fringe platforms as primary sources of information. These supporters, whose political fervor transcends traditional left-right divisions, have vilified journalists at public [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics has installed a suite of ultra-large commercial display solutions at Fenway Park, the iconic home stadium of Major League Baseball’s Boston Red Sox, as part of its expanding footprint in the U.S. sports entertainment market. The South Korean tech giant announced Sunday that it completed the installation [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government announced Sunday it will grant special residency status to three Indonesian nationals who played a critical role in aiding wildfire evacuations earlier this year. The move comes as part of a broader emergency response that also includes supplying 1,460 temporary housing units to residents displaced by [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The ousting of President Yoon Suk Yeol by South Korea’s Constitutional Court on April 4 has intensified political and societal divisions across the nation. The unanimous decision upheld Yoon’s impeachment over his December 2024 declaration of martial law, citing severe constitutional violations. Yoon’s attempt to deploy military forces [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. will freeze prices of all new vehicles sold in the United States through early June, a move aimed at easing consumer concerns over rising costs following Washington’s imposing of25 percent duties on all imported vehicles, the automaker’s American subsidiary said. Hyundai Motor America (HMA) said in [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The impeachment and removal of former President Yoon Suk-yeol on Friday has thrown the South Korean government’s labor reform agenda into disarray, raising uncertainty over the future of key workplace policies just as the country enters a snap presidential election cycle. While the ruling party had continued to push [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — In the aftermath of the Constitutional Court’s historic ruling to remove President Yoon Suk Yeol from office, small business owners across South Korea expressed cautious optimism that the political turmoil that gripped the country for the past four months might finally ease—though few expect an immediate turnaround in the [...]
NEW YORK, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Can artificial intelligence become an emotionally resonant companion or a genuine creative collaborator? That was the central question posed at a screening and panel discussion held Thursday at Parsons School of Design in New York, where the short documentary Being the Machine made its debut. The film, under [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court’s ruling on Friday to remove President Yoon Suk Yeol from office has created the first presidential leadership vacuum in South Korea in eight years, casting fresh uncertainty over the country’s already fragile economy. While the decision resolves months of political limbo that began with the declaration of [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea continues to grapple with its demographic challenges, experts are urging the government to expand legal protections and policy support for unmarried cohabiting families, particularly those raising children, who remain largely excluded from existing welfare systems. At a population policy seminar hosted Thursday by the Korean Peninsula Population Institute [...]