SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Older South Koreans participating in government-sponsored job programs earned an average of about 405,000 won ($300) a month last year, with most saying the primary reason for working was to cover basic living expenses, according to a nationwide survey released Monday. The study, published by the Korea Labor Force Development [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Traffic accidents on icy winter roads are significantly more deadly than those occurring under normal driving conditions, South Korea’s transportation safety authority said on Monday, underscoring the dangers posed by freezing temperatures and black ice. An analysis of national accident data from 2022 to 2024 by the Korea Transportation Safety [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is confronting renewed debate over its drone regulations as the number of registered unmanned aircraft approaches 70,000 and hobbyists increasingly complain that the country’s rules are among the world’s most restrictive. Online forums and instructional videos about drones are frequently filled with frustrated comments from users who say [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s two memory chip giants, Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, are facing growing uncertainty over their investment strategies as Washington intensifies pressure on foreign semiconductor makers to expand production in the United States. The challenge comes at a moment of unusual strength for the industry. Riding a global memory [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Sunday package deliveries in South Korea have climbed sharply since CJ Logistics introduced its seven-day delivery service last year, underscoring how changing consumer habits are reshaping the country’s logistics industry. CJ Logistics said Monday that deliveries made on Sundays rose 67 percent by December compared with early 2025, following the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government is moving to expand traditional hanok architecture as part of a broader effort to strengthen regional tourism and revive smaller cities, officials said Monday, amid growing global interest in Korean culture. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said demand for hanok-based experiences has risen alongside [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s ambition to build a sovereign artificial intelligence ecosystem was jolted this week after the government’s first evaluation of its national A.I. foundation model program eliminated two of the country’s most prominent technology players, exposing deep uncertainties about what “independent A.I.” truly means — and whether Korea can realistically [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly eight in 10 local governments outside South Korea’s capital region say they face a serious risk of population decline, underscoring the deepening divide between Seoul and the rest of the country as demographic pressures mount. In a survey released Monday by the Federation of Korean Industries, 77 percent of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A large majority of South Korean workers say the rapid spread of artificial intelligence is likely to widen labor-market inequality and deepen wealth polarization, according to a new nationwide survey. The poll, conducted in October 2025 by research firm Global Research on behalf of the labor advocacy group Workplace Abuse [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Young workers in South Korea are increasingly gravitating toward large corporations, even as employment at small businesses shrinks to historic lows — a widening divide that is reshaping the country’s labor market. Government microdata from the Economically Active Population Survey show that in 2025, the number of people in their [...]