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YANGSAN, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Residents in the city of Yangsan, South Gyeongsang Province, are defying convention by actively competing to host a municipal crematorium — a facility typically shunned by communities. The city, which currently lacks its own cremation facility, is moving forward with plans to build one to ease the burden on [...]
Korea Heritage Service Vows to Protect Jongmyo Shrine After Court Upholds Seoul Development Plan SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s cultural heritage authority pledged Thursday to prevent Seoul’s Jongmyo Shrine from losing its UNESCO World Heritage status following a Supreme Court ruling that upheld a city ordinance easing development restrictions near the site. The [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of marriages between South Koreans and foreign nationals rose for a third consecutive year in 2024, continuing a steady recovery from the pandemic-era slump, government data showed Thursday. According to the Ministry of Data and Statistics, a total of 21,450 international marriages were registered last year, up about [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a disputed ordinance allowing large-scale redevelopment just outside designated cultural preservation zones in Seoul, clearing the way for a long-stalled city project near one of the capital’s most sacred heritage sites. The court ruled that the Seoul Metropolitan Council acted lawfully when [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superstar G-Dragon said in a recent interview that he was so devastated by a drug investigation two years ago that he briefly considered retiring from music altogether. The frontman of the influential group BIGBANG spoke candidly about the episode on MBC’s current affairs program “Sohn Suk-hee’s Questions,” which aired [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 70 percent of baby boomers living in the Seoul metropolitan area said they would be willing to relocate to regional areas if jobs at small and medium-sized enterprises were available, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Korea Economic Association (FKI). The survey, conducted in September by Mono [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean musical “Maybe Happy Ending,” which recently swept six Tony Awards including Best Musical, has returned to Seoul for its 10th-anniversary season, rekindling the quiet tenderness that moved Broadway audiences earlier this year. Written by Park Chun-hyoo (also known as Hue Park) and Will Aronson, the production explores love [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s ruling party is moving swiftly to legislate an extension of the retirement age to 65 by the end of the year, backed by the nation’s two largest labor unions. But the country’s major business groups are warning that the proposal could amplify management uncertainty and deepen structural problems [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of South Koreans that remain economically inactive rose from a year earlier in 2025, amid a steady increase in the number of people who say they have no particular reason for not working, government data showed Wednesday. A total of 16.22 million individuals had remained economically inactive [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to invest more than 900 billion won, or about $622 million, over the next seven years to develop advanced medical devices that officials described as “game-changing,” the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources said Wednesday. Under the initiative, which runs from 2025 through 2030, the government will [...]