SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A professor is facing a prosecution probe on charges of defaming Korean victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery by calling them prostitutes during a lecture, police said Tuesday. The Seoul Dongdaemun Police Station said it referred Choi Jung-shik, a philosophy professor at Kyunghee University, to the prosecution without detention [...]
TOKYO, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – A Japanese local government has taken down a memorial stone for Korean victims of Japan’s wartime forced labor at a public park earlier this week despite opposition from activist groups. Authorities from Gunma Prefecture began pulling down the stone on Monday and finalized the removal on Wednesday, Japan’s Asahi [...]
TAKASAKI, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – In the heart of Japan’s Honshu island, Gunma Prefecture has initiated the controversial removal of a memorial in the city of Takasaki’s Gunma Prefectural Forest Park, dedicated to Korean laborers from the Japanese colonial period. This action has sparked a backlash, with some Japanese media outlets calling for an immediate [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A new front-line barracks of the United Nations Command (UNC) Security Battalion has been named after two U.S. Army officers who were killed in a 1976 axe incident as a tribute their sacrifices, the command said Tuesday. Major Arthur Bonifas and First Lieutenant Mark Barrett were killed by North [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea on Tuesday expressed hope for a resolution over a Japanese local government’s decision to remove the memorial stone for Korean victims of Japan’s wartime forced labor from a public park. Japanese media reported earlier this week that the authorities of Gunma Prefecture plan to remove the memorial [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — It has been reported that pedicabs adorned with the Rising Sun flag design, a symbol associated with Japanese militarism, are operating in the iconic tourist destination of Central Park in New York City. On January 15, Professor Seo Kyoung-duk from Sungshin Women’s University shared on social media that he had received [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld another appellate court ruling that ordered a Japanese company to compensate the family of a late South Korean forced into wartime labor during Japan’s 1910-1945 colonial rule. The top court handed down the decision on a damages suit filed by the victim’s family [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, drew significant attention on the last day of 2023 by posting a satellite image of North and South Korea on X (formerly Twitter), demonstrating the striking contrast between the two Koreas at night. The shared photo vividly contrasts the brightly lit South Korea with [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The unification ministry said Tuesday it will push to conduct DNA tests on descendants of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War in a bid to use their gene information for potential family reunions with their relatives in North Korea. The move comes as more aging separated family members [...]
TAEBAEK, Dec. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Taebaek City is dedicated to officially designating Taebaeksan Cheonje as an intangible cultural property, highlighting its profound cultural significance. This ritual event takes place on October 3, the National Foundation Day, at the Cheonjedan atop Mount Taebaek, a revered national symbol. The ceremony is a spiritual offering for global [...]