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SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea braces for a record number of foreign visitors this year, unease is spreading among Taiwanese travelers over whether their reserved lodgings may be illegal under new rules targeting unregistered accommodations. The anxiety follows Airbnb’s announcement that, beginning October 16, it will block bookings for properties that have [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 100 citizens staged a counter-rally in Seoul’s Daerim neighborhood on Thursday evening to oppose a far-right demonstration marked by anti-Chinese sentiment, with members of the Chinese Korean community publicly speaking out for the first time. Gathered outside Exit 5 of Daerim Station, parents, residents, and civic groups denounced [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — When a young Taiwanese tourist emerged from the steaming heat of a jjimjilbang in Seoul last week, she laughed and admitted the traditional Korean sauna had been “hot but fun.” She said she came with her mother after watching the hit Netflix animation K-Pop Demon Hunters, curious to experience [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s pharmaceutical industry is bracing for fallout after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested that the widely used painkiller Tylenol could raise the risk of autism when taken during pregnancy, a claim experts say lacks scientific basis. At a White House press conference on September 22, Trump said studies [...]
JEJU, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s decision to expand visa-free entry for Chinese group tourists is expected to bring sweeping changes to Jeju’s tourism market, easing earlier concerns that the island could lose visitors to Seoul and other major destinations. Starting September 29, Chinese nationals traveling in groups of three or more through [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — On a recent evening at a sprawling PC bang near Hongdae Station, the crowd was strikingly international. Foreign visitors, headphones on, were absorbed in marathon sessions of Valorant and League of Legends. Some huddled in groups, strategizing in real time, while others queued for a turn at high-powered gaming [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Pastor Son Hyun-bo of Busan’s Saegero Church, a central figure in South Korea’s far-right Christian movement, faces a bail review this week following his arrest earlier this month on charges of violating election laws. While conservative leaders and evangelical groups denounce his detention as “religious persecution,” the sweeping mobilizations [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — As medical reshuffling debates intensify in South Korea, critics warn that the absence of any legal or institutional mechanism for patients to verify doctors’ qualifications or disciplinary history is leaving the public vulnerable. Unlike lawyers and accountants at home, or doctors in the United States and Britain, physicians in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is grappling with the surge in e-cigarette use, as health experts warn of toxic risks and public frustration grows over indoor vaping by celebrities and ordinary users alike. The government has launched a new campaign emphasizing the dangers of vaping, even as other countries tighten outright bans. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court has ruled that the government must compensate the family of a man who died of a brain hemorrhage a week after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, marking a rare legal victory for claimants seeking recognition of vaccine-related injuries. The Seoul Administrative Court said in a ruling [...]