SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Dubbing South Korea “the Ireland of Asia,” the top Irish envoy in Seoul voiced expectations for a deeper partnership as countries with striking parallels, from experiencing colonial grievances to making drastic economic leaps driven by resilient people. Ambassador Michelle Winthrop made the remarks in an interview with Yonhap News [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The Supreme Court on Thursday finalized rulings in favor of victims of Japan’s wartime forced labor in lawsuits seeking compensation from their former Japanese employer. The top court delivered the final rulings on three separate compensation suits filed by 23 forced labor victims and 18 family members of other [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean Arboreta and Gardens Institute (KOAGI), with support from the Korea Forest Service, has successfully created a Korean garden in Doha, Qatar, garnering significant attention. According to KOAGI on January 24, the garden, situated in Al Bidda Park at the 2023 International Horticultural Exhibition in Doha, has received positive [...]
YONGIN/SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Fu Bao, Everland’s Beloved Giant Panda, Set to Return to China in Early April Fu Bao, the giant panda born and raised at Everland in South Korea, is set to return to China in early April, as she turns four years old this year. Everland announced on January 23 [...]
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. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A U.S. surveillance aircraft flew over South Korea on Monday, aviation trackers showed, on an apparent mission to monitor North Korea following its claimed test of an underwater nuclear attack drone. The U.S. Air Force’s RC-135W Rivet Joint was spotted in skies above the city of Incheon, just west [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Federation of Korean Industries (FKI), South Korea’s biggest business lobby, said Monday it has donated US$500,000 in aid to Japan’s relief efforts involving a massive earthquake that killed more than 200 people in the country. The FKI said the donation for victims of the Noto Peninsula earthquake, which [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea’s state-run broadcasting station on Wednesday aired a map that highlights only the northern part of the Korean Peninsula in red after its leader vowed to no longer seek reconciliation and unification with South Korea. In the initial segment of a program broadcast on Pyongyang’s state-run Korean Central [...]
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 [...]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — As the U.S. presidential race officially kicks off this week, global attention is gravitating to the outlook for America’s post-election foreign policy that would have profound implications for its alliances, approach to North Korea and rivalry with China. The White House race is set to begin on Monday with [...]