SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – An advisory committee of the Korea Heritage Service (KHS) expressed strong concerns on Thursday over the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s plan to build high-rise buildings near the historic Jongmyo Shrine. The Cultural Heritage Committee under the KHS criticized the city’s development plan for the Sewun 4 District, located across from [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Once a nostalgic winter street snack sold from roadside carts, bungeoppang — Korea’s fish-shaped pastry filled traditionally with sweet red bean — is fast becoming a breakout product in the global bakery market, buoyed by advances in frozen food technology and the worldwide rise of Korean pop culture. According to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Korean newlyweds are delaying official marriage registration to avoid financial penalties tied to the country’s housing and loan system, a trend that Japanese media say reflects shifting social norms amid an unrelenting real estate crisis. Japan’s Nikkei reported on Nov. 16 that roughly 20 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is facing renewed public outrage over its drunk-driving laws after a series of fatal crashes — including the recent death of a Japanese tourist in Seoul — reignited anger over what many view as lenient punishments for offenders. The debate intensified after a Japanese user on the social [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — As major universities grapple with cheating scandals linked to artificial intelligence, concerns are now spreading to the very start of the country’s education system: elementary schools, where students are increasingly outsourcing thinking and assignments to AI tools. Teachers in Seoul report that upper-grade students now instinctively turn to AI [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s consumer goods exports—long considered a supporting player to the country’s heavyweight industries—are rapidly emerging as a new growth engine, fueled by the global spread of Hallyu and the runaway popularity of titles like the animated film K-Pop Demon Hunters. Government data show that exports of K-food, K-beauty, and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s long-term unemployment has climbed to its highest level in four years, driven largely by a surge in jobless young adults with university degrees, according to new government data released Sunday. The number of people who searched for work for more than six months but failed to secure a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Many South Korean fathers envision themselves as warm, engaged, “friend-like” parents before having children. But once parenting begins, most find themselves becoming something very different: busy, tired, and time-starved. A new survey released Sunday by the Korea Population, Health and Welfare Association, KoPHWA) shows a wide gap between the fathers [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retailers are increasingly turning to character-based intellectual property to differentiate products and drive sales, with convenience stores and department stores intensifying competition through collaborations with popular global and domestic characters. According to industry data released Friday, convenience stores saw sharp sales gains during this year’s Pepero Day shopping [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Culture Minister Chae Hwi-young has said the government will deploy every measure permitted under law to block plans for ultra-high-rise buildings facing Jongmyo Shrine, a UNESCO World Heritage site in central Seoul. The project has drawn controversy because Jongmyo, a 14th-century royal ancestral shrine from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), [...]