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SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — In an about-face from its usually contemplative and edgy sound and imagery, K-pop girl group (G)I-dle said Monday its new single “Dumdi Dumdi” was intended to be a bright dance song inspired by the spirit of youthfulness and the sizzling summer heat. “While writing the new song, I asked [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Pets are rising as a new social issue as they face a discrepancy in South Koreans’ perception of them as either members of society or simply ‘products’. Pets, who are as dear as family members to some, are mere ‘objects’ under legal terms, with relevant laws criticized for not [...]
CHUNCHEON, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Various summer festivities held in the Gangwon and Chuncheon regions are making a quick transition into online or dispersed platforms as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage on. Organizers of the Chuncheon Puppet Festival, which was originally scheduled for six days starting on Sept. 4, decided to extend the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — SM Entertainment, a leading K-pop label-agency behind groups such as EXO, Red Velvet and NCT 127, said Monday it has secured an investment of 100 billion won (US$83.8 million) from the country’s top internet portal operator, Naver, strengthening their partnership in areas of online concerts and fan community platform. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean language has been selected as an official secondary language in India, to be included in the country’s public education curriculum. The Indian government announced new education plans on Thursday, adding the Korean language, along with Thai, Portuguese, and Russian, to the recommended list of secondary language courses. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it has set up an in-house virus testing center to ramp up its anti-virus measures amid the pandemic. Samsung opened a virus testing center inside its plant in Hwaseong, south of Seoul, becoming the first company in South Korea to have an in-house COVID-19 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — An absolute majority of South Korea’s new coronavirus patients aged under 50 have recovered from the disease without receiving oxygen therapy, a study showed Monday. The study of 3,060 COVID-19 patients across South Korea, conducted by the National Medical Center, said only 1.2 percent of patients below the age [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop giant BTS on Monday announced that its new single album set to drop later this month is titled “Dynamite.” The group announced the name of the upcoming English-language single through a teaser image shared on the group’s social media. The K-pop septet announced last week that the new [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has found that proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), the drugs commonly used in the treatment of reflux esophagitis, can increase the risk of COVID-19 patients suffering more severe illness by up to 79 percent. A research team consisting of professors at Cha University Graduate School of Medicine [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea saw the addition of 38 new public libraries nationwide last year thanks to the government’s efforts to enhance access to libraries in recent years. According to a recent statistical survey by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and its affiliated Korea Culture and Tourism Institute, the [...]