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SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — When an elderly man in his 80s fell from his bed in a home in Daejeon last November, it was not a family member or a phone call that brought help, but a caregiving robot. The device detected the emergency, issued an alert and guided firefighters to the scene, allowing [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Louis Vuitton has reopened its flagship Dosan store in Seoul’s Gangnam district following a renovation that commemorates the 130th anniversary of the brand’s iconic monogram, the company said Wednesday. The refurbishment pays tribute to the monogram design created in 1896 by Georges Vuitton in honor of his father, Louis Vuitton, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – A sharp cold snap swept across South Korea on Thursday, sending temperatures in Seoul down to minus 8.2 degrees Celsius and driving wind chills far lower, as forecasters warned of heavy snowfall across much of the country in the days ahead. The Korea Meteorological Administration said perceived temperatures plunged [...]
DAEGU, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A small elementary school in the southern city of Daegu held its final graduation ceremony on Monday before closing its doors for good, a poignant marker of South Korea’s accelerating demographic decline and its growing impact on local communities. Wolgok Elementary School, which opened in 1993 in Daegu’s Dalseo district, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans spend nearly 250 million won (about $190,000) per person on medical care over their lifetimes, according to a new analysis that underscores how rapidly rising healthcare costs are becoming concentrated in old age as the population grows older. A report released Wednesday by the Health Insurance Research Institute [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly half of South Korea’s general high school students are sleeping less than six hours a night because of academic pressure, a new government-backed study has found, underscoring mounting concerns about student well-being in one of the world’s most education-driven societies. According to a basic analysis report on children’s and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s efforts to boost parental leave as part of its fight against ultra-low birthrates continue to run up against a stark divide between large corporations and small businesses, according to a new government-commissioned survey that highlights persistent workplace barriers for parents. The findings, released Wednesday, show that while awareness [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean teenagers are spending more than three hours a day watching online video content, with short-form clips rapidly overtaking longer videos as their dominant mode of media consumption, according to a new national survey. The findings were released on Wednesday by the Korea Press Foundation in its 2025 survey [...]
LONDON•SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Several words rooted in Korean culture, including ramyeon, haenyeo and sunbae, have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary, underscoring the growing imprint of Korean life and language on global English usage as the influence of Korean popular culture continues to spread. The latest update to the dictionary, published by [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Xiaomi Korea said on Wednesday that it is launching a promotional “Life Shot” photo campaign after President Lee Jae-myung drew public attention by posting a selfie taken with a Xiaomi smartphone alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping. The campaign was inspired by a photo President Lee shared on X during his [...]