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SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A long-delayed redevelopment project in northern Seoul, once known as the city’s last remaining daldongne — or hillside shantytown — will proceed as planned after a court rejected a request to halt construction over concerns about stray animals. The Seoul Northern District Court recently dismissed an injunction filed by a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s government said Tuesday it plans to expand its popular “Culture Day” program to every Wednesday, a move aimed at broadening public access to museums, heritage sites and entertainment venues. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced that it will seek to revise the enforcement decree of the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul city officials said Tuesday that hundreds of complaints filed by foreign visitors since the launch of a QR-based taxi reporting system have revealed widespread concerns over overcharging, prompting stepped-up enforcement against illegal fare practices. Since introducing the “Taxi QR Complaint System” in June last year — the first such [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — More than eight in 10 people abroad now hold a favorable view of South Korea, a level of international goodwill not seen since the government began tracking the country’s global image seven years ago, according to a report released Tuesday. In a 2025 survey conducted by the Ministry of Culture, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing share of young South Koreans are stepping away from the labor market altogether, a shift that economists say reflects deeper structural strains in an economy struggling to adapt to technological change and slowing growth. According to a report released Tuesday by the Bank of Korea, the proportion of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — For many South Koreans, a dignified end of life means minimizing physical suffering and sparing loved ones from financial strain, according to a new nationwide study that sheds light on changing attitudes toward death in one of the world’s fastest-aging societies. The research, released Monday by the Korea Institute for [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — As the number of long-term foreign residents in South Korea surpasses two million for the first time, public attitudes toward immigration remain cautious, with nearly half of Koreans saying the scale of the foreign population feels larger than expected, a new study shows. According to a report released Monday by [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Older South Koreans participating in government-sponsored job programs earned an average of about 405,000 won ($300) a month last year, with most saying the primary reason for working was to cover basic living expenses, according to a nationwide survey released Monday. The study, published by the Korea Labor Force Development [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government is moving to expand traditional hanok architecture as part of a broader effort to strengthen regional tourism and revive smaller cities, officials said Monday, amid growing global interest in Korean culture. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said demand for hanok-based experiences has risen alongside [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly eight in 10 local governments outside South Korea’s capital region say they face a serious risk of population decline, underscoring the deepening divide between Seoul and the rest of the country as demographic pressures mount. In a survey released Monday by the Federation of Korean Industries, 77 percent of [...]