SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Every year, South Korean police officers drive anxious students to their college entrance examination sites and deliver forgotten ID cards to test-takers. But what has long been viewed as a heartwarming tradition is now facing scrutiny from within the force itself. According to the National Police Agency, officers provided 187 [...]
JEJU, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – In a testament to shared culinary heritage across East Asian waters, a unique food tasting event comparing Jeju Island’s “gogi-guksu” and Okinawa’s “soki soba” drew enthusiastic crowds at a cultural exchange program in Okinawa. The comparative tasting was held on November 14 as part of the 2024 Resort Technology Expo [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean health authorities have issued an official notice to medical institutions urging caution in prescribing Wegovy, a recently introduced weight-loss medication, amid concerns over its indiscriminate prescription. According to medical sources on November 15, the Ministry of Health and Welfare distributed a notice titled “Cooperation Request Regarding Prescription of [...]
JEJU, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The Jeju April 3 Peace Memorial, a somber testament to one of South Korea’s darkest chapters, has seen a dramatic surge in visitors following Han Kang’s historic Nobel Prize in Literature win for a body of work that includes her novel about the 1948 massacre. According to the Jeju 4.3 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – In response to ongoing inflation, South Korean consumers are expected to evolve beyond simple cost-cutting measures to adopt more sophisticated “wiser wallets” spending patterns in the coming year, according to a new global consumer trends report. The “2025 Global Consumer Trends Report,” released on November 14 by global data analytics [...]
CHEONAN, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – In a bold marketing move, South Korea’s South Chungcheong Province has unveiled a promotional video that reimagines its 2.2 million residents as superheroes, garnering significant attention for both its creative concept and its charismatic narrator. The campaign has sparked particular interest online due to the compelling narration by actor Jung [...]
JEJU, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Jeju Province has initiated plans to introduce a unique “Jeju-style Digital Nomad Visa” that would combine the island’s existing visa-free entry program with workation visa benefits. The province and the Jeju International Convention Center (ICC Jeju) announced on November 14 that they recently hosted a “Jeju Workation with Global Digital [...]
JEONJU, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The Rural Development Administration (RDA) announced on November 14 that it has successfully created a three-dimensional organoid (mini-organ) resembling pig small intestine tissue by proliferating adult stem cells extracted from pig small intestines. Organoid technology is emerging as a promising alternative to animal testing as ethical concerns and regulatory restrictions [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – A romantic yacht dating event on Seoul’s Han River, titled “Romance in Hangang” has drawn an exceptionally high number of applicants, with a competition rate of 33 to 1, the Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on November 14. The event, co-organized with Woori Card and scheduled for November 23, received 3,286 [...]
ANDONG, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – North Gyeongsang Province announced on November 14 a comprehensive “Maritime and Fisheries Transformation” plan aimed at revitalizing its East Sea coastal fishing industry and leisure tourism sector. The ambitious initiative includes a significant shift in aquaculture strategy, with plans to invest 140 billion won through 2030 to transition from traditional [...]