SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The sun had just dipped behind the skyline of Gwanghwamun when demonstrators began to gather, clutching banners, candles, and hastily printed placards. By nightfall, the streets outside the U.S. Embassy had become a stage for simmering outrage. Hundreds marched through central Seoul on Saturday evening, their chants ricocheting off the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — When Ji, a 41-year-old technician from South Korea, finally walked into the arrivals hall at Incheon International Airport this week, he was carrying more than a suitcase. He carried a story of humiliation. “The food was like garbage. We couldn’t eat it,” Ji said, recalling the seven days he [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — At 3:23 p.m. on Friday, the arrival hall at Incheon International Airport filled with tears, embraces, and a palpable sense of relief. More than 300 South Korean workers, shackled only days earlier in Georgia during a sweeping U.S. immigration raid, finally walked free onto home soil. Families pressed against [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 300 South Korean workers detained in a sweeping U.S. immigration raid have been released a week after their arrest, bringing relief to families and easing fears that the dispute could further strain bilateral ties. On Thursday, buses carrying the workers left an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s corporate sector is bracing for a slowdown in U.S. investment following the detention of more than 300 Korean nationals in an immigration raid, a crisis that has already disrupted battery factory construction and cast doubt over high-profile bilateral projects. The most immediate impact has fallen on HL-GA, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A wave of online calls to boycott American goods erupted in South Korea on Thursday after the U.S. delayed the repatriation of roughly 300 Korean workers detained in Georgia last week. Posts on forums and social media targeted Costco, McDonald’s, and Starbucks, with some pledging to cancel Tesla orders [...]
SEOUL, Sept.11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans with children studying in the United States are facing sticker shock after Washington eliminated duty-free exemptions on small parcels, a move that has sent shipping costs soaring and left families questioning whether to send packages at all. Until last month, personal shipments valued under $800 were exempt from [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Wednesday that South Koreans detained in a recent U.S. immigration crackdown will be “rescued within the shortest time,” as his ministry cited “unspecified U.S. circumstances” as the reason for a delay in their release from a detention center in Georgia. Cho’s remarks came [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Construction of key facilities for the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Gyeongju is expected to be completed early next week, officials said Wednesday. The banquet hall, the main summit hall and the international media center are slated for completion next Monday, along with the installation of electricity, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and Japan held high-level economic talks in Seoul on Wednesday to discuss cooperation in supply chains and advanced technologies, the presidential office said. Song Ki-ho, presidential secretary for economic security, and Takeshi Soda, Cabinet councilor of Japan’s National Security Secretariat, led their respective delegations at the fourth [...]