GWANGJU, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean appeals court has acquitted a father and daughter who spent roughly 15 years behind bars for a notorious 2009 poisoning, concluding that the convictions rested on coerced, legally flawed confessions. The ruling lands in October 2025, under a new political landscape that has made criminal-justice safeguards [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — With less than three weeks since the launch of the 2025-2026 seasonal vaccination campaign, select medical facilities in South Korea report a shortage of COVID-19 vaccine doses distributed to seniors, raising concerns over preparedness ahead of the influenza season. On October 15, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has convened labor, business and government representatives to pursue the first major overhaul of the nation’s retirement pension system in more than two decades, aiming to strengthen income security for an aging workforce. The Ministry of Employment and Labor on Tuesday launched a tripartite task force dedicated to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will expand financial protections for low-income debtors next year, introducing a new “livelihood account” that shields up to 2.5 million won (US$1,740) per month from seizure. The Ministry of Justice said Tuesday it will propose a revised enforcement decree to the Civil Execution Act that raises the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign investors have been the primary force behind South Korea’s stock market rally, with those from the United States and Ireland contributing the most to the benchmark index’s historic rise past the 4,000-point threshold, according to newly released regulatory data. From June through September, when the KOSPI’s rapid ascent [...]
JEJU, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Province said Tuesday it will seek a legal revision by year’s end to classify sika deer as harmful wildlife and ban the feeding of feral pigeons, amid growing concerns over ecological disruption and public hygiene. The planned amendment to the provincial ordinance follows the central government’s move to add [...]
GYEONGJU, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s LG Electronics is showcasing its latest display technologies at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in Gyeongju this week, transforming its transparent, wireless OLED television into an enormous chandelier-like installation. The company said Tuesday it is participating in the four-day “K-Tech Showcase,” an official event alongside the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The recent arrest of a Korean couple accused of orchestrating a multimillion-dollar fraud ring in Cambodia has thrown new light on a crime many still struggle to take seriously: romance scams. While some ask how anyone could fall for a stranger online, advances in artificial intelligence and increasingly sophisticated psychological [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent Supreme Court ruling ordering a major Seoul hospital to pay significant unpaid overtime wages to its resident doctors is rippling through South Korea’s medical community, raising concerns about a surge in similar lawsuits. The decision, finalized last month, held that three former residents at Asan Medical Center were [...]
The Algorithm Made Them Do It SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — In South Korea, YouTube creators are testing the limits of their own bodies in pursuit of clicks. The trends are familiar: the more extreme, the better. The less medically sound, the more likely it is to go viral. One popular creator with more than [...]