SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Communications Commission announced on March 25 that it has partnered with Samsung Electronics and the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) to develop an artificial intelligence-based system for blocking malicious text messages, which will debut on the Galaxy S25 series. The new security feature will automatically filter [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — While the compensation gap between top earners and average employees at major South Korean companies narrowed slightly last year, executives still earned more than 15 times their workers’ salaries, according to a new analysis by Leaders Index. The research firm’s study of 284 companies among Korea’s top 500 firms [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Asset Management announced on March 26 that its KODEX AI Semiconductor ETF has exceeded 100 billion won in net assets, highlighting growing investor interest in semiconductor companies with ties to artificial intelligence. The exchange-traded fund focuses on domestic companies involved in AI semiconductor technologies, including high-bandwidth memory chips [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — When the search term “Yonsei” suddenly trended on the CU convenience store chain’s mobile app on March 18, it wasn’t customers looking for the dairy company’s milk. Instead, Doosan Bears baseball fans were hunting for a new cream-filled pastry collaboration between CU, Yonsei Dairy, and their beloved team. The [...]
DAEGU, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Korean local governments are implementing a “lunchtime closure” policy at public offices, sparking a national debate over the balance between public service efficiency and workers’ right to rest. Under the system, civil service counters close entirely from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., giving staff uninterrupted [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of imported vehicles registered in South Korea has exceeded 3.5 million for the first time, marking a significant milestone in the nation’s evolving automotive landscape. According to data released Wednesday by the Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA), a total of 3,508,876 imported vehicles were registered as [...]
CHEONGJU, South Korea, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — As wildfires continue to spread across South Korea this spring, local government officials and forest fire patrol officers are working around the clock, battling not only flames but growing exhaustion. In Naesu-eup, a rural district of Cheongju, 73-year-old forest fire watcher Lee Sang-bok begins his day as [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Korea’s isolated and withdrawn youth are attempting to reenter daily life through study and hobbies, but nearly 40% ultimately fall back into isolation, according to the country’s first nationwide survey on the issue released Tuesday. The Korean Youth Policy Institute’s 2024 National Survey on Isolated [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea’s medical school boycott stretches beyond its first year, frustration is mounting across university campuses over what many students view as unprecedented leniency toward their peers in medical schools. “There’s nothing that puts medical students above the law, so why are they getting such special treatment?” says [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Supreme Court Sentencing Commission announced on Tuesday new sentencing guidelines aimed at strengthening penalties for animal abuse, sexual offenses, large-scale fraud, and violations of electronic financial transaction laws. The updated guidelines, finalized during the commission’s 137th meeting on March 24, 2025, will apply to crimes prosecuted from [...]