JEJU, South Korea, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A rare opportunity to witness Jeju’s indigenous horse culture up close will take place on April 19–20, as the 2025 Jeju Native Horse Grazing Festival—known as the “347 Festival”—returns to the island’s horse pasture, a site usually closed to the public. Named after Jeju’s designation as Natural Monument No. [...]
LOS ANGELES, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — In a bustling Korean barbecue restaurant in Los Angeles, six local American customers recently wrapped grilled short ribs in perilla leaves with garlic and doenjang, the traditional soybean paste. For restaurant owner and Korean food advocate Lim Jong-taek, it was a moment of quiet triumph. “I was so [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Archives documenting the Jeju April 3 uprising and South Korea’s post-war reconstruction efforts have been added to UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register, the government said Friday. According to the Korea Heritage Service, UNESCO approved the inscription during an executive board meeting in Paris on Thursday (local time), following [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean scientists have launched the music and an image of the iris of K-pop star G-Dragon into space in a groundbreaking collaborative media artwork blending art, science and technology. The Space Institute of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) said Thursday that the world’s first [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of South Korean parents believe they bear responsibility for their adult children’s successes and failures, reflecting the enduring grip of familial duty in a society navigating intergenerational shifts in wealth, education, and independence. According to a 2024 study released Wednesday by the Korea Institute for Health and [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea grapples with historically low birth rates and a rapidly aging population, a surprising economic trend has emerged: the booming demand for high-end baby products, with some items now fetching well over 1 million won. What was once a market defined by necessity is increasingly shaped by [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Electric carts commonly used at tourist attractions, theme parks, and campgrounds across South Korea are operating in a regulatory gray zone with poor safety oversight, according to a new investigation by the Korea Consumer Agency. In a report released Tuesday, the agency reviewed 15 electric cart rental businesses nationwide and [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The explosion of short-form video content on platforms like Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts may be fueling a surge in smartphone overdependence among young South Koreans, a new academic study has found — prompting calls for greater social and platform accountability in addressing digital addiction. According to research published [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreigners who have experienced South Korean pop culture associate the country with its popular music, dubbed K-pop, more than any other form of content, a government report showed Monday. The annual report by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and its affiliate, the Korean Foundation for International Cultural [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is grappling with a shrinking pool of blood donors as demographic challenges and shifting social incentives undercut participation, despite a modest rebound in total donations since the pandemic. According to 2024 data released by the Korean Red Cross and Statistics Korea, the number of individuals who donated blood [...]