SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The runaway global success of Netflix’s animated hit K-Pop Demon Hunters is reverberating far beyond the streaming charts — fueling an unexpected boom in Korea’s secondhand market for traditional-inspired merchandise. According to industry data released on Monday, listings tagged with “magpie-tiger,” a motif featured in the film, surged 357 [...]
LONDON, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The University of Cambridge is introducing a new master’s program dedicated to East Asian popular culture — with a strong focus on Korean culture — reflecting the growing academic recognition of K-culture’s global influence. The Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies announced on Sunday that it will begin offering [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday apologized for the suffering experienced by overseas adoptees in the past and vowed stronger efforts to protect their rights. Lee issued the message on Facebook a day after South Korea formally became a contracting party to the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption, completing [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s youth are facing mounting mental health challenges, with child and adolescent suicide rates climbing to their highest level in more than two decades, according to a government report released Wednesday. The “Child and Youth Quality of Life 2025” survey, published by the National Data Office, found that [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite a sharp nationwide drop in the use of coal briquettes for home heating, pockets of households in Seoul, Daegu and parts of Gyeonggi Province continue to rely on the fuel at nearly steady levels, underscoring the strain of rising utility costs and the persistence of aging housing stock. [...]
LONDON, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Visitors to the Palace of Westminster, home to the British Parliament and one of London’s most iconic landmarks, can now explore its historic halls with the help of a Korean-language multimedia guide. From Oct. 1, the Parliament’s visitor booking website has offered Korean, alongside Japanese and Polish, as new [...]
JEJU, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Province’s pilot program encouraging food delivery in reusable containers has surpassed 2,000 orders in less than two months, signaling strong public support for the island’s ambitious campaign to curb single-use plastics. Launched on Aug. 13 in Jeju City’s Yeon-dong and Nohyeong-dong districts, the “Yonggi-inneun Jumun” (“Courageous Order”) service allows [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans in their 20s have seen the weakest real income growth of any generation over the past decade, according to a new analysis, underscoring concerns over job quality and rising living costs that continue to weigh heavily on the country’s youth. The Korea Economic Association (HanKyungHyup) reported on [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Before its sweeping triumph at the Tony Awards earlier this year — where it collected six prizes including Best Musical — Maybe Happy Ending had already cemented itself as a treasured original work in South Korea. First developed through a local cultural foundation’s program in 2014, the production drew [...]
SEOCHEON, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – In March 1919, cries of “Manse for Korean independence” rang out across a market square in Seocheon County, South Chungcheong Province, as more than 2,000 villagers rallied against Japanese colonial rule. More than a century later, that historic site has taken on a new life — as a café [...]