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SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix’s upcoming romantic film, “Love Untangled,” seems to be continuing a popular theme of self-love, echoing the message of embracing one’s true self recently seen in the global phenomenon “KPop Demon Hunters.” Set in Busan in 1998, the film follows the story of Se-ri (Shin Eun-soo), a lovestruck 19-year-old [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Jens Castrop, a 22-year-old midfielder with dual German and South Korean citizenship, became the first foreign-born player of mixed blood to be called up to the South Korean men’s senior national football team. Coach Hong Myung-bo included Castrop on Monday in a 26-man roster for the team’s upcoming friendlies [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Boy group Stray Kids has achieved double-million-seller status with its fourth full-length album, “Karma,” on the day of release, the group’s agency said Monday. JYP Entertainment said the album logged more than 2 million sales on Friday, immediately topping Hanteo’s weekly physical album chart and Circle Chart’s weekly retail [...]
A total of 8.64 million people aged 65 and older, accounting for 90.9 percent of the age group, received pension payments from at least one type of pension program, including the state pension, as of 2023, according to data compiled by Statistics Korea. The average monthly pension amount marked a 6.9 percent increase from [...]
JEJU, South Korea, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — As Netflix’s animated sensation K-Pop Demon Hunters races toward becoming the platform’s most-watched film, the spotlight has unexpectedly turned to Jeju Island, where viewers have identified cultural symbols embedded in the show’s storyline. Local voices are urging the island to seize the moment to promote its unique heritage alongside [...]
GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — In the coastal city of Gangneung, residents are grappling with extreme drought that has left their main water source, the Obong Reservoir, at a record low of 17.8 percent of capacity, compared with a seasonal average of 69 percent. Officials fear the level could soon fall to 15 percent, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — LG will launch South Korea’s first company-run graduate school in September to train master’s- and eventually doctoral-level specialists in artificial intelligence, the Ministry of Education announced Sunday. Approved under a new law designed to bolster the advanced industries workforce, the LG AI Graduate School will open September 30 at K-Square [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — CJ OnStyle announced Sunday that it will launch a new mobile live commerce broadcast infused with artificial intelligence (AI) and extended reality (XR), positioning immersive video content as a differentiator in an increasingly crowded e-commerce market. The first installment, airing August 24, will spotlight the popular women’s underwear brand [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Seoul announced Sunday that it will introduce South Korea’s first fully driverless autonomous shuttle as early as late September, marking a milestone in the country’s push toward next-generation urban mobility. The 11-seat shuttle, developed by domestic start-up Autonomous AtoZ, was built from the ground up for self-driving purposes. [...]
BONGHWA, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A unique cultural exchange between South Korea and Vietnam will take place this weekend in Bonghwa County, North Gyeongsang Province, highlighting centuries-old historical ties and a growing multicultural presence. The event, scheduled for August 24 at Chung Hyo Dang in Changpyeong-ri, will bring together some 800 participants, including Vietnamese [...]