SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A North Korean soldier caught alive by Ukraine has told a South Korean lawmaker that he wants to go to South Korea, asking whether he could “live as I wish with the rights” he hoped for once in Seoul, according to the lawmaker Tuesday. Rep. Yu Yong-weon made the [...]
BERLIN, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) – A girl statue symbolizing victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery will be installed at a church in Germany next week, two years after it was removed from the nearby University of Kassel, where it was first erected, a civic organization said Saturday. The statue will be installed at the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea appears to have deployed additional troops to support Russia’s war against Ukraine, although the number of recently deployed troops is being assessed, South Korea’s spy agency said Thursday. “Following about a monthlong lull, North Korean troops were placed back in the frontline region of Kursk starting in [...]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s industry minister expressed confidence Wednesday that Seoul and Washington will be able to find a “constructive” and “win-win” alternative, as the Trump administration is working to impose “reciprocal” tariffs on U.S. imports to match what other countries slap on American goods. Industry Minister Ahn Duk-geun made the [...]
INCHEON, South Korea, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will stress the importance of bilateral cooperation in various industries, such as energy and shipbuilding, in negotiations with the United States on its new tariff plans, Seoul’s industry minister said Wednesday. Industry Minister Ahn Duk-geun made the remarks as he departed for Washington to meet [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and Australia hosted a joint forum on green businesses Wednesday in Seoul as part of efforts to bolster bilateral cooperation in clean energy and supply chains, Seoul’s industry ministry said. The green economy partnership arrangement (EPA) business forum took place as a follow-up measure to the EPA [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Deputy Trade Minister Park Jong-won has filed a request with the U.S. government to leave South Korea out of its new import tariff plans, highlighting the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement (FTA) that has been in place for over a decade, the trade ministry said Friday. Park made [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The official website for the 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit has been launched, the foreign ministry said Thursday. The website (www.apec2025.kr) introduces key agenda items and priorities to be discussed at the upcoming leaders’ gathering, set to take place in South Korea’s southeastern region of Gyeongju, in November. It also [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — As U.S. users migrate en masse to the Chinese social media platform Rednote, formerly known as Xiaohongshu, allegations that South Korea is “stealing Chinese culture” have proliferated, raising concerns over misinformation and rising tensions between online communities. Seo Kyoung-Duk, a professor at Sungshin Women’s University, revealed on February 19 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — One of the two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukraine has expressed his wish to go to South Korea, a news report said Wednesday, in what would be the first known case for a North Korean captive to voice an intent to defect to the South. A North Korean [...]