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SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign students who graduate from South Korean universities face steep hurdles in securing stable residency through employment, according to a new academic study, raising questions about the country’s ability to retain international talent amid demographic decline. The findings, published Friday in the Journal of the Korean Association for Immigration Policy, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Many travelers returning from overseas try to spend their leftover foreign coins at airports or shops before coming home, assuming they cannot be exchanged in South Korea. Coins are heavy, inconvenient to carry, and often believed to be unusable domestically. But while less common and less lucrative than banknote exchanges, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — More than one in 10 foreign students who entered South Korea to attend universities or language institutes have ended up overstaying their visas illegally, underscoring growing concerns that the country’s foreign student recruitment policy has prioritized scale over sustainability. According to a study published this week in the Journal [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) has again lost a high-profile lawsuit seeking damages from tobacco companies, as an appellate court rejected its claim that cigarette makers should reimburse public health costs linked to smoking-related diseases. In a ruling handed down Thursday, the Seoul High Court upheld a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s National Health Insurance Service suffered another legal setback Thursday in its long-running effort to hold tobacco companies financially responsible for smoking-related diseases, as an appeals court again rejected its claim for damages—12 years after the lawsuit was first filed. The Seoul High Court upheld a lower-court ruling dismissing [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Girl group BLACKPINK will release its third EP, “Deadline,” on Feb. 27, the group’s label, YG Entertainment, said Thursday. YG unveiled a video announcing the K-pop quartet’s comeback on its official blog. “Deadline” will mark the first album from the group in three years and five months since “Born [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS will launch a new world tour in April, returning to the global stage for the first time in nearly four years, as the K-pop powerhouse prepares for one of the largest concert runs ever mounted by a single Korean act. The group will open the tour with three shows [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of young teachers in South Korea are reconsidering teaching as a lifelong career, with a sharp decline in those planning to stay in the profession until retirement following the widely publicized death of an elementary school teacher in 2023, a new academic study has found. The findings, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s media watchdog said Wednesday it has asked U.S.-based social media platform X to come up with measures to protect minor users from sexual content generated by the artificial intelligence (AI) model Grok. The Korea Media and Communications Commission (KMCC) said it delivered the request to the operator [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — If your eye is drawn to the sly humor of Korean folk painting—or if you recently found yourself charmed by Derpy the Tiger in Netflix’s animated feature KPop Demon Hunters—Gallery Hyundai’s latest exhibitions offer a timely and rewarding encounter with the tradition that helped inspire both. This week, Gallery Hyundai [...]