SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — After more than a decade of planning, South Korea’s first public art museum devoted exclusively to photography is set to open in Seoul’s Dobong District on May 29. The Seoul Museum of Photography, a new branch of the Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA), spans 7,048 square meters across two underground [...]
MARMANDE, FRANCE, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A filmed performance of Suni Samchon, a Korean opera based on the Jeju April 3 Incident, is being screened at a cinema in Marmande, France, through April 17 as part of the city’s annual April cultural festival. The screening is organized by the Marmande city government and the [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of young South Koreans are choosing to forgo marriage due to financial strain and evolving personal values, according to a government-backed survey released Monday. The 2nd National Population Behavior Survey, conducted in October 2024 by the Korea Population, Health and Welfare Association, revealed that 41.5% of unmarried [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — From bedtime stories to discipline dilemmas, South Korean parents are increasingly turning to ChatGPT to help raise their children—ushering in what many see as the beginning of an AI-assisted parenting era. The phenomenon, dubbed “ChatGPT parenting,” has taken off across online communities, where parents share how the generative AI tool not [...]
JEJU, South Korea, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A combination of viral YouTube content and a hit Netflix series is propelling Jeju Island to new heights as a must-visit destination for Taiwanese tourists, with 2025 shaping up to be another banner year for the South Korean resort island. According to data released by the Jeju [...]
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 [...]