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PAJU, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A 95-year-old former long-term prisoner of war, An Hak-seop, attempted on Wednesday to cross into North Korea through Panmunjom but was stopped by South Korean military authorities at the Tongil Bridge checkpoint. An, who has long identified as a “non-converted” prisoner for refusing to renounce allegiance to the North, traveled [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The upcoming Disney+ Korean original series “Tempest” is arguably one of the most anticipated projects among the streaming service’s Korean offerings for the year. At a press event on Wednesday to discuss the creative production behind the new series, Carol Choi, executive vice president of content strategy in Disney’s [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul has been voted the world’s most beloved city by younger travelers for the fourth consecutive year, cementing its reputation as a global cultural and tourism hub amid the surging popularity of Korean content such as Netflix’s hit animation KPop Demon Hunters. The city government and the Seoul Tourism Organization [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – In a bid to strengthen its circular economy efforts, the Seoul Metropolitan Government has initiated a pilot project to promote the separate collection and recycling of paper cartons, which can be transformed into high-quality natural pulp and recycled plastics such as polyethylene. Starting this month, Seoul has installed 350 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Former Manchester United star Jesse Lingard has earned his first Player of the Month award in the top South Korean league. The Korea Professional Football League (K League) announced Tuesday that Lingard, midfielder and captain for FC Seoul, held off three candidates for the Player of the Month honor [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The country’s two biggest art fairs are set to return early next month, featuring over a hundred galleries around the world to offer a global platform to explore contemporary art. The two annual events, Frieze Seoul and Kiaf Seoul, will run side by side from Sept. 3-6, with Kiaf [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — No book has ever inspired director Park Chan-wook’s desire to create a film adaptation more strongly than Donald E. Westlake’s “The Ax.” At a press conference in Seoul on Tuesday, the acclaimed director affirmed once again what it meant to bring the book to the big screen — a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2025 regular season in South Korean baseball is set to end Sept. 30. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) released the schedule for makeup games Tuesday. A total of 53 games, including those that were rained out over the course of the summer, will be played between Sept. 1 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Naver Webtoon is bringing the aesthetics of short-form video to digital comics, testing a new feature that turns webtoons into five-minute video episodes on its English-language platform. The company said Monday it had introduced the “video episode” function in beta, adding animation, sound effects, background music, and voice acting [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — As daily life becomes increasingly reliant on digital tools, a new government survey has found that nearly one in 12 South Korean adults lacks the basic digital skills needed to navigate common tasks such as booking train tickets through an app, checking online invitations, or sending money via banking apps. [...]