SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Korean office workers in their 20s and 30s say that no paycheck is worth compromising on workplace ethics, fairness, and alignment with personal values — a shift reshaping the country’s job market and corporate culture. According to a survey released Wednesday by JobKorea’s Content [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — For American artist James Turrell, widely known as the master of light, light isn’t just something that allows people to see other things. It’s something to be treasured in its own right. At a press briefing for his upcoming solo exhibition, “The Return,” at Pace Gallery in Seoul on [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — In a country where convenience stores have become cultural fixtures — offering everything from late-night ramen to phone charging stations — BGF Retail, the operator of CU, is taking things one step further: temporary tattoos. On Wednesday, BGF Retail unveiled what it’s calling the industry’s first “tattoo kiosk,” [...]
BUCHEON, South Korea, June 10 (Yonhap) – The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) will kick off next month, showcasing nearly 220 genre movies. The annual film fest, a celebration of genre films from around the world, will screen 217 shorts and features from 41 countries in Bucheon, about 19 kilometers west of Seoul, during [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean consumers ranked the dawn delivery market as the most consumer-friendly, while wedding services received the lowest score in a nationwide survey released Tuesday by the Korea Consumer Agency. The findings are part of the agency’s “2024 Consumer Market Evaluation Index,” which assesses how consumer-oriented various markets are [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A Turkish national has become the first foreigner to complete South Korea’s National Heritage Passport Tour, a cultural initiative launched to promote the beauty and value of the country’s historic sites, the Korea Heritage Service announced Monday. Kuvvet Ayse, the traveler in question, visited all 76 designated national heritage [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Elderly South Koreans with lower incomes are significantly more likely to eat meals alone—and that isolation is closely linked to higher levels of depression, a new academic study has found. Published in the latest issue of the Korean Journal of Gerontology, the study titled “A Path Analysis of Income, [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — More South Korean men are taking paternity leave, but the majority continue to come from large companies, highlighting persistent disparities in access to parental benefits based on workplace size, a new study has found. According to a report released Sunday by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — While the overall incidence of sexual harassment in South Korean workplaces has declined slightly, a new government report reveals a troubling surge in online abuse—a shift attributed to the rise in remote and hybrid work settings. According to a triennial survey released Monday by the Ministry of Gender Equality [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Air travel between South Korea and Japan reached an all-time high in the first five months of 2025, surpassing 11 million passengers despite a strengthening Japanese yen, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced Sunday. A total of 11.25 million travelers flew between the two countries from January to [...]