GYEONGJU, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Following its star turn at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Gyeongju, demand for the city’s famed Hwangnam Bbang (Hwangnam bread) has soared — along with a wave of online scams and price gouging. The pastry, gifted by President Lee Jae Myung to Chinese President Xi Jinping during the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Cabinet approved a series of legislative revisions on Tuesday, including a law aimed at preventing “emergency room carousel” (being repeatedly sent from one ER to another) and protecting civil servants who take proactive administrative action. The revised Emergency Medical Service Act requires hospitals to set up dedicated phone [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of Korean men who had abandoned their mixed-heritage children in the Philippines have begun reaching out to the mothers after a civic group posted their faces online, reigniting a long-running debate over privacy and accountability. The group, People Solving Child Support Problems—formerly known as “Bad Fathers”—said [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s experiment with “no-scooter zones” has drawn strong public support, with a majority of residents reporting safer and more comfortable pedestrian environments, city officials said Monday. The pilot program, the first of its kind in South Korea, was launched in May along two busy stretches: the 1.3-kilometer Red Road [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Alcohol advertisements in South Korea’s media have nearly tripled over the past decade, with most of the surge coming from cable and general programming television channels, a government report showed Sunday. According to data from the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Health Promotion Institute, the number of [...]
GYEONGJU, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — As the APEC Summit drew global attention to Gyeongju last week, the city’s hospitality industry is racing to turn the spotlight into lasting gains. Hotels that hosted world leaders are now launching promotions offering guests a taste of the summit’s prestige — from presidential suites to dishes inspired by [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea marks the 30th anniversary of Jongmyo Shrine’s inscription as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a dispute over urban redevelopment in central Seoul is stirring fears that the Confucian royal shrine could soon find itself on the organization’s endangered list. The 15th-century shrine—dedicated to the kings and queens [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — At a Lotte Cinema theater in Seoul, the lights cut out, sirens blare, and a chilling announcement fills the room: “This theater is now closed. This is not a drill.” Suddenly, audience members are thrust into a survival game, dodging zombies that stalk the aisles. This is Charlotte: The Play – Survival, [...]
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 [...]
GYEONGJU, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s National Museum of Gyeongju has opened a landmark exhibition that gathers all six surviving gold crowns of the ancient Silla Kingdom for the first time, showcasing the height of the kingdom’s golden age of artistry and royal splendor. Titled “Silla Gold Crowns: Power and Prestige,” the exhibition opened [...]