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SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Six days after the dismissal of Min Hee-jin as CEO of their label, ADOR, members of the K-pop girl group NewJeans broke their silence on the issue, expressing concerns and emotional distress. “Since the CEO was dismissed, it’s been difficult in many ways and we have a lot of [...]
POHANG, JINJU, GUMI, DAEJU, GYEONGJU & WONJU, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) –As the sun sets over the port city of Pohang, the central market in Sangwon-dong comes alive. The Yeongil Bay Friends Night Market, the only one of its kind in the city, has transformed this once-quiet neighborhood into a nocturnal hotspot since its inception [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Deepfake porn images have sent many South Korean women scurrying to take down selfies from Facebook, Instagram and other social media platforms as concerns have been mounting that no one is an exception to the crime in the world’s most-wired nation. “It feels like what should have been the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly 7 out of 10 South Koreans voiced support for a gradual increase in the medical school admission quota rather than a drastic hike, a survey showed Monday. The survey of 1,000 South Koreans aged 18 and older commissioned by the national medical professors’ council showed that 68.9 percent [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix is set to expand the universe of its 2023 hit action film “Kill Boksoon” with a spin-off titled “Mantis,” starring Im Si-wan in the lead role. The streaming giant announced Monday that “Mantis” will focus on a killer named “Mantis,” who works for MK Entertainment, the contract killing [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Stuck in a lost season, once-mighty Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors have assured themselves of a spot in the bottom half of the K League 1 for the first time in club history. Jeonbuk played FC Seoul to a goalless draw at home, Jeonju World Cup Stadium in Jeonju, some 190 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — With consecutive comeback victories over their top rival on the weekend, the Kia Tigers have inched closer to their first regular-season crown in South Korean baseball in seven years. The Tigers sit atop the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) standings at 75-49-2 (wins-losses-ties), following two straight road wins over second-place [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — RM, leader of K-pop supergroup BTS, collaborated with American rapper Megan Thee Stallion on her new single. The 29-year-old Houston rapper announced on her Instagram account Sunday (U.S. time) that she is teaming up with the BTS star on “Neva Play” due out Friday. A promotional poster for the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Environment has announced the fox as September’s endangered wildlife species, highlighting the animal’s precarious status and ongoing conservation efforts in South Korea. Once ubiquitous across the Korean peninsula, the fox population faced near-extinction due to indiscriminate hunting and secondary poisoning from rodenticides in the 1970s. By the [...]
INCHEON, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – In an unexpected twist of nature, a critically endangered golden bat, scientifically known as the golden blossom bat, was discovered on a fishing patrol vessel near Yeonpyeong Island in South Korea’s western waters. The surprising encounter occurred on August 30, when a solitary golden bat was found clinging to a [...]