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SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Parents raising twins in South Korea face significantly heavier childcare burdens than those raising a single child, with nearly 40 percent reporting they have no one to turn to during emergencies, according to a new survey released Sunday. The Korea Population, Health and Welfare Association (KoPHWA) surveyed 718 parents of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans can now access detailed, government-verified statistics about specific diseases directly through Naver, the country’s dominant search engine, under a new public service launched Sunday. The National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) said it partnered with Naver to make health-care utilization data easily available to the public. When users search [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s leading game publishers are gearing up for next month’s Animation X Game Festival (AGF) with an unusually strong slate of anime-style titles, signaling the genre’s expanding influence across the domestic industry. According to the gaming sector on Monday, major companies including Neowiz, Nexon, Netmarble, Smilegate, NCSoft, and NHN [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean fried chicken has emerged as the most frequently eaten and most beloved Korean dish among global consumers over the past year, according to a new international survey released Sunday. The annual overseas Korean food consumption study, conducted by South Korea’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — In a city celebrated for its bakeries, one taxi in particular has become a minor sensation among South Korea’s devoted “bread lovers.” The “Daejeon Bread Taxi,” as it reads on the door, offers passengers not just a ride but a curated tour of the city’s best bakeries — complete with [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean police have ruled that actress Nana, formerly of the K-pop group After School, and her mother acted in legitimate self-defense when they overpowered an armed intruder who broke into their home in Guri, northeast of Seoul. The Guri Police Department said on Saturday that the suspect, a man [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean low-cost carriers are quietly reshaping Japan’s regional tourism map, reviving small provincial airports and injecting new life into local economies as the yen’s prolonged weakness draws budget-minded travelers across the sea. When an Aero K flight from Korea descended into Ibaraki Airport recently, the mood on the ground [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Kimchi, long celebrated as a flagship of K-food and a global superfood, is inseparable from kimjang — the centuries-old Korean tradition of preparing and storing large quantities of kimchi in early winter. As temperatures drop, many South Korean households still gather to salt cabbage, mix spices and fill jars in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Japanese animated film Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle has become South Korea’s No. 1 box-office title of the year, marking the first time an animated film — domestic or foreign — has topped the country’s annual rankings. Distributor Animax Broadcasting Korea said Saturday that the film had drawn more than [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A parrot rescued after sneaking sips of customers’ coffee at a café in Seoul has yet to be claimed by its owner more than a week after it was found, raising the likelihood that the endangered bird will be transferred to a state-run wildlife protection center. Related: Endangered Amazon Parrot Found [...]