SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A pair of beloved characters from Netflix’s hit Korean animation K-Pop Demon Hunters soared above Manhattan on Thursday morning, marking one of the most prominent international spotlights yet for the breakout franchise. During the 99th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade — an annual tradition since 1924 and one of the most [...]
PARIS, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — UNESCO Director-General Khaled El-Enany has voiced deep concern over Seoul’s high-rise development plan near Seoul’s Jongmyo Shrine when he met with Huh Min, director of the Korea Heritage Service (KHS), Huh said. “He brought up the issue and expressed deep concern over the plan,” Huh said Wednesday while briefing [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — What once felt like the plot of a workplace drama is increasingly echoing real life for many middle-aged South Koreans. In the popular series The Dream Life of Mr.Kim (the story of manager Kim working at a large company in Seoul), a seemingly secure executive finds himself abruptly sidelined and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A new analysis of online reactions to Netflix’s animated film K-Pop Demon Hunters has identified music and Korean cultural identity as the two central forces behind the film’s worldwide success. The study, released Wednesday by the Korea Broadcast Advertising Corporation (KOBACO), was conducted by media researcher Baek Hyun-mi of Korea [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea now has the highest employment rate among seniors in the OECD, a trend driven less by choice than by economic hardship as the country enters an era of rapid population aging. A report released Wednesday by Oh Yoo-jin, a researcher at the National Pension Research Institute, shows that [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Parents raising twins in South Korea face significantly heavier childcare burdens than those raising a single child, with nearly 40 percent reporting they have no one to turn to during emergencies, according to a new survey released Sunday. The Korea Population, Health and Welfare Association (KoPHWA) surveyed 718 parents of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean fried chicken has emerged as the most frequently eaten and most beloved Korean dish among global consumers over the past year, according to a new international survey released Sunday. The annual overseas Korean food consumption study, conducted by South Korea’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — In a city celebrated for its bakeries, one taxi in particular has become a minor sensation among South Korea’s devoted “bread lovers.” The “Daejeon Bread Taxi,” as it reads on the door, offers passengers not just a ride but a curated tour of the city’s best bakeries — complete with [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Kimchi, long celebrated as a flagship of K-food and a global superfood, is inseparable from kimjang — the centuries-old Korean tradition of preparing and storing large quantities of kimchi in early winter. As temperatures drop, many South Korean households still gather to salt cabbage, mix spices and fill jars in [...]
SADO ISLAND, Japan/SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea held a memorial ceremony in Japan on Friday to honor Koreans forced into labor at a gold and silver mine complex during World War II, the second year it has held its own event apart from Japan’s official ceremony. Seoul decided to not attend this [...]