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SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s sporting year unfolded around one outsized figure: Son Heung-min. The national football icon lifted his first European trophy with Tottenham Hotspur in the spring, then stunned fans by crossing the Atlantic to join Los Angeles Football Club, a move that instantly turned him into Major League Soccer’s [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean artificial intelligence teams competing to build a “national AI” model are lagging far behind global competitors in solving advanced mathematics problems, according to a new study released on Monday. A research team led by Kim Jong-rak, a mathematics professor at Sogang University, evaluated five domestic large language [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) will open a large-scale exhibition of contemporary art from the United Arab Emirates on December 16, marking the institution’s first comprehensive showcase of UAE modern art and the second collaboration between SeMA and the Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (ADMAF). Titled Proximate Worlds, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is preparing to overhaul its public transit payment system to allow foreign visitors to ride buses and subways using the same credit cards they carry abroad, a shift aimed at easing one of the most persistent inconveniences for travelers. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has begun [...]
BUSAN, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Coast Guard has arrested a smuggling ring accused of importing thousands of counterfeit luxury goods from China and selling them online, prompting several global fashion houses to issue formal letters of appreciation — an unusually public response from brands that rarely acknowledge enforcement actions. The South Regional Coast [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — ARC Raiders, a new shooter game developed by Embark Studios, a subsidiary of Nexon Co., has been named best multiplayer at The Game Awards 2025, the event’s organizers said Friday. At the annual award show held in Los Angeles on Thursday (U.S. time), ARC Raiders won the category, beating [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s newlywed population slipped below the one-million mark for the second year in a row in 2024, a symbolic threshold for a country already preoccupied with its demographic future. Government data released Friday show just 952,000 couples had been married for five years or less last year—a 2.3 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — With nationwide theater attendance still sluggish, South Korean cinema operators are increasingly turning to high-tech “special formats” — such as 3D, 4D, and premium immersive auditoriums — to give moviegoers a reason to return. Megabox, one of the country’s major multiplex chains, said Wednesday that revenue from its premium technology [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A nostalgia-themed snack sweeping South Korean coffee chains has ignited a broader debate about overworked part-time employees, as the inexpensive treat’s popularity collides with the realities of short-staffed shops and intricate preparation demands. The snack, ramyeon-ttang — a microwaved, sweet-and-savory fried noodle dish priced at 1,900 won — has become [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — As demographic decline accelerates across South Korea, a new national survey suggests that a lack of appealing jobs is the single most important reason people are leaving regional areas — and choosing not to raise children there. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA) released the findings Thursday [...]