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SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Department Store said Monday it will stage a special “The Hyundai Global Stage” at the upcoming Tokyo Girls Collection (TGC), marking the first time the Japanese fashion showcase will dedicate a runway to Korean brands. The event, set for Sept. 6 at Saitama Super Arena near Tokyo, is Japan’s [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will expand a pilot program this month aimed at improving the irregular work schedules of nurses, the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced Sunday. Beginning Sept. 1, 94 hospitals and clinics selected through a government review will join the second phase of the initiative, which was first [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Leading contemporary artist Lee Bul, who is arguably more well known outside South Korea than within her home country, will be the subject of a major career survey at the Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul. The museum will present “Lee Bul: From 1998 to Now,” which it described [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Kiwoom Heroes announced Monday their American outfielder Ruben Cardenas will be sidelined for three weeks with a broken finger. With the Heroes stuck in last place in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) with only 17 games to go, it appears unlikely Cardenas will play again this season. The [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean schools are preparing to revise their internal rules after lawmakers passed a law banning the use of smartphones and other digital devices during class beginning next semester. Yet with education authorities leaving key decisions to individual schools, administrators are grappling with how far the restrictions should go. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is intensifying its campaign against e-cigarettes, warning that the vapor inhaled and exhaled is far from harmless. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Saturday it will launch a second round of anti-smoking advertisements on September 1, focusing on the dangers of e-cigarette aerosol. The campaign, titled [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said on Sunday it will roll out a nationwide awareness drive to encourage people, especially younger adults, to monitor key health indicators in order to prevent cardiovascular disease, one of the country’s leading causes of death. The campaign, called “Know Your Numbers, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly three years after the deadly crowd crush in Seoul’s Itaewon district, the toll on firefighters who rushed to the scene continues to reverberate. A growing number of first responders have died by suicide, prompting urgent calls for stronger measures to address post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among emergency personnel. [...]
GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — For residents of Gangneung, disaster is a familiar rhythm of life. Over the past quarter century, the coastal city on South Korea’s east coast has endured some of the nation’s worst natural calamities: typhoons, catastrophic wildfires, record-breaking snowfalls. Now, it faces what officials call the worst drought in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea saw a decline in overall food poisoning cases last year, but salmonella-related infections bucked the trend, highlighting lingering vulnerabilities in hygiene management, government data show. According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS), there were 265 outbreaks of foodborne illness in 2024, sickening 7,624 people [...]