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SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Son Heung-min’s picturesque free kick goal has been chosen by fans as South Korean football’s best goal of 2025. The Korea Football Association (KFA) announced Monday that Son’s right-footed curler in a 2-0 friendly win over Bolivia on Nov. 14 has been voted as the 2025 KFA Goal of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — CJ CheilJedang is stepping up efforts to introduce Korean traditional spirits to global consumers, beginning with a promotional event in New York aimed at pairing Korean liquor with contemporary Korean cuisine. The company said it recently hosted a tasting and pairing event, titled The Korean Table – Sip & Pair [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A court on Friday halted the Seoul metropolitan government’s project to build a sightseeing gondola over the landmark Mount Nam. The Seoul Administrative Court said it canceled the city government’s rezoning of land for the gondola project at the request of the operator of Namsan Cable Car, which has [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean young adults are feeling growing pressure and unfairness from traditional gender-role expectations at home and in the workplace, according to findings released Thursday by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family. The results stem from “Soda Pop,” a series of five public talk concerts held from late October [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Jogye Temple, the main temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, lit its annual Christmas tree on Thursday evening in a ceremony emphasizing interfaith harmony amid global and domestic tensions. The event, held at the temple’s main gate in central Seoul, brought together leaders from Korea’s major religious communities, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A major exhibition of the late Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee’s art collection has drawn strong early interest in Washington, surpassing 15,000 visitors within its first month, underscoring growing global attention to Korean cultural heritage. The National Museum of Korea said on Thursday that attendance at “Korean Treasures: Collecting, Cherishing, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Disney’s Zootopia 2 has become South Korea’s top-grossing film of the year, overtaking its competitors just 23 days after its release, according to data released Thursday by Walt Disney Company Korea. The animated sequel surpassed 5.69 million cumulative admissions on Thursday afternoon, edging out the year’s previous leaders — Demon [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s e-sports icon Lee Sang-hyeok, better known to millions of fans as Faker, said Thursday he is confident his League of Legends team, T1, can defeat an artificial intelligence opponent proposed by Elon Musk for next year. Speaking at a press conference in Seoul, Lee welcomed the tech industry’s [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics said Thursday it has released 20 works from the late Lee Kun-hee’s famed art collection for free on its “Samsung Art Store,” expanding public access to some of Korea’s most treasured cultural masterpieces. The selection includes Inwang Jesaekdo—a seminal landscape painting designated National Treasure No. 216—alongside [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreign workers in South Korea surpassed 1.1 million in 2025 to reach a record high, with the proportion of employed international students also sharply up, a survey showed Thursday. As of May, there were 1.69 million foreigners aged 15 or older residing in Korea, up 8.4 [...]