SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top skating official was named the country’s chief delegate for the 2026 Winter Olympics on Monday. The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KSOC) announced that Lee Soo-kyung, president of the Korea Skating Union (KSU), will serve as South Korea’s chef de mission for the 2026 Winter Games, [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — As BTS star Suga completes his military service, his legacy is already taking new shape — not on stage, but in a quiet wing of a hospital in Seoul. This September, Severance Hospital will open the Min Yoon-gi Treatment Center, a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to children with autism spectrum [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Here come the champions. With a sluggish start to their title defense now in the rearview mirror, the Kia Tigers are the hottest team in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) at the moment. They have won five straight games, the longest active winning streak, and they have the best [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — For the first time in K-pop history, idol groups featuring members who defected from North Korea are making their debut this summer. According to the music industry, the six-member boy band Be Boys became the first K-pop group to include a North Korean defector when it debuted Wednesday. Member [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band Tomorrow X Together (TXT) will kick off its fourth world tour in August. The group announced on the K-pop fan community platform Weverse on Friday that the “Act: Tomorrow” tour will begin with concerts at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on Aug. 22 and 23. It [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean esports legend Lee Sang-hyeok, widely known by his gamer tag “Faker,” has made a private donation to support the advancement of the Seoul Regional Trauma Center, the capital’s only facility of its kind, according to the National Medical Center on Friday. The donation amount was not disclosed by [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The NC Dinos are leading South Korean baseball in one category that their manager Lee Ho-joon would rather they not: hit-by-pitch. Entering Wednesday’s game against the LG Twins, the Dinos had been drilled by pitches 66 times, 18 more than the next team, the Hanwha Eagles. The latest victim [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Wednesday it has won four prestigious awards at the 2025 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, including the top prize in the entertainment category. The automaker and Innocean, the marketing and communications arm of Hyundai Motor Group, won the Grand Prix for their jointly produced [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean baseball league remained on pace to break its single-season attendance record after topping 6 million fans in the fewest number of games Tuesday. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said the five games contested Tuesday drew a combined 77,583 fans, and the total pushed the attendance for [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The action fantasy “Omniscient Reader: The Prophet” is designed to make audiences feel like active participants rather than mere viewers, director Kim Byung-soo said Tuesday. One of the film’s biggest appeals lies in its ability to make viewers ask themselves, “What would I have done in that situation?” Kim [...]