SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will hold a commemorative event next week honoring fallen soldiers who fought under the United Nations flag during the 1950-53 Korean War, the veterans ministry said Friday. The annual “Turn Toward Busan” event will take place at the U.N. Memorial Cemetery in Busan, 320 kilometers southeast of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean netizens and intellectuals are reacting negatively to photos of a Vietnamese female tourist practicing yoga in tight leggings at a historic royal palace in the center of Seoul. The incident arose earlier this week when the woman shared photos on social media showing herself in a handstand [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Japan interfered with South Korea’s marine research around its easternmost islets of Dokdo more than 70 times over a recent five year period, a lawmaker said Thursday. The hindrances to the research on climate change and the marine environment took place 75 times from 2019 to 2023, Hwang Hee, [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean diplomats, U.S. officials and Korean Americans on Monday celebrated the recent U.S. designation of an old Korean legation as a historic place — a cherished recognition of the building that served as the centerpiece of Korea’s diplomacy in Washington in the late 19th century. The Old Korean [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s foreign minister has asked the U.N. cultural agency to monitor Japan’s compliance with recommendations on a Japanese mine complex, which is associated with Korea’s wartime forced labor and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Cho Tae-yul made the request in a meeting with UNESCO Director-General [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Rare butterfly samples collected by world-renowned Korean entomologist Seok Joo-myung across the country during Japanese colonial rule will be returned to South Korea from Japan this week, a government agency said Tuesday. The National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR) said it plans to receive a donation of about 120 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Two major umbrella unions and a civic group on Wednesday called for the preservation of a girl statue erected in Berlin years ago to symbolize the victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery, saying it is the emblem of historical justice. The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), the Federation [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A Seoul court of appeals again reversed a district court ruling on compensation for South Korean victims of Japan’s wartime forced labor Thursday, ordering Japan’s Nishimatsu Construction Co. to compensate five victims. The Seoul High Court ruled that the Japanese company has to pay 20 million won (US$15,000) to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States kicked off a joint underwater excavation project Tuesday in waters off the southeastern port city of Busan to search for the remains of American soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, the defense ministry said. Some 22 personnel from the ministry’s Agency for [...]
INCHEON, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The metro operator in Incheon, west of Seoul, said Wednesday it will install a photo zone featuring South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo at a subway station after a similar photo zone was removed last year. The announcement came after Seoul’s metro operator came under criticism that its removal [...]