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SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Teen sensation Lamine Yamal and seasoned veteran Robert Lewandowski will start for FC Barcelona in their preseason match in Seoul on Thursday. Head coach Hans Flick lived up to his word after declaring Wednesday that Yamal, the Spanish club’s new No. 10, will play against FC Seoul of the K League [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Movie attendance plummeted by more than 30 percent on-year in the first half of the year, a midyear report from the Korean Film Council showed Thursday. According to the report, total attendance from January to June was 42.5 million, generating 407.9 billion won (US$293 million) in ticket sales. The [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The zombie drama “My Daughter is a Zombie” has set a new opening-day box office record for the year, data showed Thursday. According to the Korean Film Council, the film, which premiered on Wednesday, sold 430,099 tickets on its first day, taking up 48.6 percent of the total box [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) is set to unveil a new exhibition by genre-bending artist TZUSOO on Friday, transforming the open, central Seoul Box exhibition space with a physical manifestation of her intricate digital world. TZUSOO is the inaugural artist featured in the museum’s new, [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Everland has once again proven its horticultural prowess on the international stage, with its homegrown rose variety “Pink Pastry” winning both a Bronze Medal and a Special Fragrance Award at the 23rd International Rose Competition held in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. According to Samsung C&T Resort Group on Thursday, [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The humble Korean dish kimbap is enjoying a fresh wave of international acclaim, fueled by viral social media trends and a spotlight appearance in the hit Netflix animated film K-Pop Demon Hunters. The renewed craze is turning the traditional rice-and-seaweed roll into a global sensation—and a lucrative export. A [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Early access to palliative care—not limited to hospice or end-of-life stages—can significantly reduce emergency room visits among cancer patients, according to a new study from Seoul National University Hospital. Unlike hospice care, which is typically reserved for terminal patients with a prognosis of six months or less, palliative care [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Minister of Health and Welfare, Chung Eun-kyung, has called for stricter regulation of liquid-based e-cigarettes, equating their health risks to those of traditional combustible cigarettes, especially amid rising use among adolescents. In a written response submitted to the National Assembly following her confirmation hearing, Chung emphasized that [...]
UIJEONGBU, South Korea, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) – As South Korea endures an unrelenting heatwave with temperatures nearing 40 degrees Celsius, over 81,000 chickens and pigs have died in Gyeonggi Province alone between July 11 and 25, according to local government data released Wednesday. The fatalities began mounting shortly after heat advisories were issued across [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — August has emerged as the deadliest month for drowsy driving-related fatalities in South Korea, with the summer vacation season and long-distance travel contributing to a sharp rise in accidents, according to data released Wednesday by the National Police Agency. Between 2020 and 2024, a total of 9,559 drowsy driving [...]