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SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Colorectal cancer, long considered a “Western disease,” is surging in South Korea, particularly among people in their 20s and 30s, where cases are growing at an annual rate of about 4 percent. A new study has identified Western-style eating habits as a major driver of the trend. A joint [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Choue Chung-won, the incumbent leader of World Taekwondo (WT), will run unopposed in his bid for his seventh and final term at the helm of the sport’s global governing body. Seoul-based WT announced Friday that Choue, 77, will be the sole candidate standing in its presidential election scheduled to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — With Saudi Arabia reportedly falling behind on its preparations to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games, the continent’s top sports body is gauging South Korea’s interest in becoming an alternate host, a source familiar with the matter said Friday. The source told Yonhap News Agency the Olympic Council of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation Stray Kids dropped its fourth full-length album, “Karma,” on Friday, a project it says reflects on the achievements it has made through years of hard work. Speaking at a press conference in Seoul, rapper Changbin said, “We wanted to create an album that interprets ‘karma’ in a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean universities are becoming markedly more international, with foreign students now accounting for more than 20 percent of enrollment at a growing number of institutions, according to a new government-affiliated study released Thursday. The Korea Immigration Policy Institute, analyzing data from the Korean Educational Development Institute, found that [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s leading private education body, the Korea Association of Hakwon (KAOH), has moved to ban admission tests at so-called “English kindergartens,” following mounting criticism that the practice fuels excessive early-age competition and deepens the country’s shadow education market. The association’s Foreign Language Education Council announced Thursday that its [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Once confined to military bases and the closets of enlisted soldiers, the “ROKA Tee” — a functional T-shirt emblazoned with the insignia of South Korea’s armed forces — has become an unlikely fashion hit among civilians, tourists, and students. At a military supply store in Yongsan earlier this month, [...]
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Fresh off its record-breaking streaming success, Netflix’s animated film “K-Pop Demon Hunters” is storming into theaters — and drawing sold-out crowds. The Hollywood Reporter said Wednesday that a limited theatrical “sing-along” event, scheduled for August 23–24 across the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the U.K., has [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — After a summer break during the peak heat, the Seoul Outdoor Library will reopen on September 5 and run through November 2, the city government announced Thursday. The library will operate evenings (4 p.m. to 10 p.m.) throughout September before shifting to daytime hours (11 a.m. to 6 p.m.) in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Heritage Service announced Thursday that it will launch an on-site video description program at Taereung, a royal tomb in northeastern Seoul, beginning next month and running through December 5. The program, organized with the Seoul Tourism Organization, is designed to make cultural heritage more accessible to the [...]