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SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Seongbuk District in northern Seoul, home to many foreign embassies alongside Itaewon and Hannam, is holding its 14th annual European Christmas Market from December 6 to 7 at the district office courtyard. Launched in 2010, the event has evolved into a major cultural gathering where local residents and expatriates celebrate [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s draft system, long understood as a civic obligation and a cultural constant, has been facing a quieter strain beneath the surface: a growing number of young men simply never come back from overseas trips. According to newly disclosed government data, more than 900 South Korean men avoided [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — As BTS prepares for a full-group comeback next spring, RM, the group’s leader and most public voice, acknowledged that the band had wrestled with existential questions during its hiatus — including whether it should continue at all. The group is slated to reunite in 2025 after all seven members complete [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has moved to close a long-criticized legal loophole that allowed parents who abandoned or failed to care for their children to later claim financial benefits after the child’s death. The National Assembly has passed an amendment to the National Pension Act that blocks such parents from receiving survivor [...]
BUSAN, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of Busan residents say they feel heavily burdened by their children’s education expenses, which now average 860,000 won (about $660) per month, according to the city’s latest annual social survey. The 2025 Busan Social Survey, released Friday and based on responses from 31,774 residents, paints a detailed [...]
POHANG, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The successful fourth launch of South Korea’s homegrown Nuri rocket has had an unexpected beneficiary: Pohang University of Science and Technology (Postech). According to the university on Thursday, the surge in attention began after Park Jong-chan, 53, head of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute’s Nuri rocket advancement program, appeared at [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of South Koreans watch news on YouTube every day, and a growing share now views content produced by non-traditional creators — individuals and small businesses — as legitimate news media, according to new research presented at a national policy forum on Thursday. The survey, conducted in August [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will soon allow health authorities to obtain real-time information on medical staffing at hospitals and clinics during national emergencies, under a revised law passed by the National Assembly this week. The amendment to the Health and Medical Workforce Support Act, approved on December 2 and set to take [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s largest online bookseller, Yes24, announced Thursday that President Lee Jae Myung’s book, The People Will Prevail (Ultimately, It’s Up to the People), has been selected as its “Book of the Year,” topping a record-breaking 1.195 million votes cast by readers. The title received 15,788 votes, or 3.4 percent [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean authorities have concluded that artificial intelligence systems that train on entire news articles or textbooks without permission are infringing copyright, marking the government’s strongest stance yet on data use in the AI era. At a public briefing on Thursday, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the [...]