SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Family DNA samples of more than half of the South Korean troops killed and unaccounted for in the 1950-53 Korean War have been collected as part of efforts to recover their remains, the defense ministry said Thursday. As of Wednesday, the ministry’s war remains excavation agency collected DNA samples [...]
GWANGJU, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of South Korean victims of Japan’s wartime forced labor won another damages suit against a Japanese company Thursday. The Gwangju District Court in the southwestern city of Gwangju ruled in favor of 15 bereaved families of 11 South Korean forced labor victims in the litigation against Mitsubishi [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) –In a spirited move to celebrate the Lunar New Year, Seo Kyoung-duk, a professor at Sungshin Women’s University known for his social activism, has taken to social media to initiate a “Hanbok Challenge.” This comes after his successful advertisement campaign for hanbok, the traditional Korean attire, in New York’s Times [...]
GWANGJU, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) –A groundbreaking play titled “Bongsunhwa” that exposes the human rights abuses suffered by victims of forced labor during the Japanese occupation is set to be performed in the city of Gwangju. The play, conceived and produced by a Japanese civic group, features Japanese citizens, including actors taking on the roles [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – As Chinese online shopping platforms AliExpress and Temu gain a larger foothold in the South Korean market, concerns are being raised about China’s alleged “hanbok appropriation” through these platforms. As of February 6, AliExpress boasted approximately 6 million monthly Korean users, while Temu had around 4 million Korean users. The [...]
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 [...]