SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — On Friday evening, October 31, movie theaters across Seoul’s CGV Yongsan I’Park Mall glowed with a sea of colorful light sticks—once a symbol of concert fandom, now a growing part of Korea’s cinema culture. At a special screening of Netflix’s animated film K-Pop Demon Hunters, fans—both adults and children—waved [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — After a steep rally followed by a sharp correction, global gold prices appear to be stabilizing and preparing for another climb, analysts said Sunday. According to data from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s COMEX market, December gold futures closed at $4,013.40 per ounce on October 31, down 0.06 percent from the [...]
TOKYO, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A plan for a South Korean Air Force jet to refuel at a Japanese Self-Defense Force base has collapsed after Tokyo raised objections over the aircraft’s prior flight over Dokdo, the disputed islets between the two countries, Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun reported Sunday. According to the report, Seoul had requested permission [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics has unveiled a new digital public campaign in New York’s Times Square highlighting endangered species, releasing the eighth installment of its ongoing LG Endangered Species Series, the company said Sunday. The latest video, featuring the brown bear, aims to raise awareness about the impact of climate change [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Cyber Operations Command has won first place at CyberNet 2025, an international cyber warfare competition hosted by the Netherlands, marking its fourth consecutive victory, the Defense Ministry said Sunday. The competition, held from October 28 to 29 in Marnewaard, was organized by the Dutch Cyber Command and has [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and Singapore agreed Saturday to elevate their bilateral ties to a strategic partnership, pledging closer cooperation across security, technology, and economic sectors as both nations navigate rising geopolitical uncertainty. President Lee Jae Myung and Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced the upgrade following a summit at the presidential [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Sunday that its fifth and final homegrown military reconnaissance satellite has successfully entered orbit after launching aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida, marking a milestone in the country’s push to build an independent surveillance network capable of monitoring North Korea around the clock. The Falcon [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The fried chicken chain that hosted Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s now-famous “chimaek” (chicken and beer) gathering with Samsung Chairman Lee Jae-yong and Hyundai Motor Chairman Chung Euisun has suddenly become one of Seoul’s hottest dining spots. On Friday, franchise owner Yang, who runs a Kkanbu Chicken branch in central Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Nvidia Corp. said on Friday that it plans to deploy up to 260,000 of its latest graphics processing units, or GPUs, across South Korea in partnership with the government and several of the country’s largest conglomerates — a sweeping initiative aimed at turning the nation into one of the world’s [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Jung Eun-hye, a 35-year-old actress and painter with Down syndrome who rose to prominence through the hit drama Our Blues, appeared before South Korea’s National Assembly on Thursday to call for the passage of a special bill supporting stable, rights-based public jobs for people with severe disabilities. Speaking as a [...]