SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — In a quiet courtroom in Seoul on Thursday, the five young women of NewJeans lost the first round of one of K-pop’s most dramatic showdowns. A judge ruled that their management contract with the agency ADOR remains valid, rejecting the group’s bid for independence after months of turmoil that has [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Three years after a deadly crowd crush turned a festive Halloween night into one of South Korea’s darkest moments, visitors returned Wednesday to a narrow alley in Seoul’s Itaewon district. They came quietly, many before dawn, carrying white chrysanthemums and handwritten notes that filled the street once choked with panic [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – A global food event showcasing the latest food products, technology and trends will kick off in Seoul this week, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday. The Food Week Korea 2025 will run from Wednesday to Saturday in southern Seoul, with around 950 companies from 42 countries, under the theme of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of people employed in caregiving and nursing assistant services reached a record high in the first half of this year in line with the country’s aging society, government data showed Tuesday. As of April, 1.69 million people were employed in non-residential nursing assistant and caregiving services, up [...]
The Algorithm Made Them Do It SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — In South Korea, YouTube creators are testing the limits of their own bodies in pursuit of clicks. The trends are familiar: the more extreme, the better. The less medically sound, the more likely it is to go viral. One popular creator with more than [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — RM, the leader of the global pop phenomenon BTS, will deliver a keynote address at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in the historic city of Gyeongju on Oct. 29, organizers and entertainment officials said Monday. RM is scheduled to speak for about 10 minutes during an afternoon cultural [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A popular bakery chain’s plan to close for a day to hold an employee sports festival has ignited an unexpected debate over changing attitudes toward workplace bonding in South Korea. Sungsimdang, a renowned bakery in the central city of Daejeon known for drawing tourists from across the country, announced that [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A clear majority of South Koreans continue to view unification with North Korea as a national goal, even as doubts persist about the prospects for renewed diplomacy with Pyongyang, according to a government-commissioned survey released Sunday. Nearly 69 percent of respondents said unification remains either “very necessary” or “quite necessary,” [...]
GIMCHEON, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Kimcheon’s annual celebration of its most famous street food has quickly turned into a crowd-control challenge. The 2025 Kimcheon Gimbap Festival opened Saturday in the southeastern city of roughly 134,500 residents, drawing an estimated 80,000 visitors on its first day alone, according to city officials. The two-day festival, now in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Roughly one in three South Korean parents have given their children nutritional supplements such as calcium, vitamin D, or height-enhancement products to promote physical growth, a new survey has found. The Korean Society of Pediatric Endocrinology (KSPE) released the findings Thursday in partnership with Gallup Korea, based on a survey [...]