SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — On August 13, 2019, a special episode of “You Quiz on the Block,” a popular Korean talk show and quiz program, was aired to commemorate Liberation Day and convey the heart-wrenching experiences of Korean patriots who suffered during the independence movement and Japanese colonial period. The show’s hosts, Yoo [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) –Amidst South Korea’s decreasing birthrate, discussions have been taking place in political circles about the possibility of expanding immigration. National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo reportedly mentioned the possible establishment of an immigration agency created to attract more immigrants, at a luncheon with the foreign minister, Seoul mayor, and foreign ambassadors [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea seems to have opted for a workable solution to the longstanding row with Japan over how to compensate victims of wartime forced labor as part of efforts to normalize bilateral economic cooperation and bolster trilateral security partnerships involving the United States, experts here said Monday. The Yoon [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) –South Korea and Japan have been in talks on the potential lifting of Japan’s yearslong restrictions on exports of key industry materials to South Korea as they have worked to resolve the issue of compensating victims of Japan’s wartime forced labor, Seoul’s industry chief said Monday. In 2019, Tokyo imposed [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and Japan have tentatively agreed to create a “future youth fund” to sponsor scholarships for students, as part of a deal on settling the issue of compensation for Korean victims of Japan’s wartime forced labor, sources said Sunday. The fund will be jointly formed by the Federation [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A revision of the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act, which is mainly intended to strictly restrict filing damage suits against workers on strike, has emerged as a political hot potato, as the liberal opposition parties are pushing to railroad the bill. The controversial issue dates back to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol has picked Lee Do-woon, a veteran journalist, as his new spokesperson, filling the post that had been vacant for five months, according to Yoon’s office Sunday. Lee served as an editorial writer for the evening newspaper Munhwa Ilbo until recently, having worked as reporter at [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Outspoken liberal commentator Kim Ou-joon’s new show on YouTube, launched after he decided to stop hosting his popular radio program, has garnered the world’s largest Super Chat earnings, causing a nationwide sensation. “Kim Ou-joon’s News Factory,” the Seoul city government-affiliated Traffic Broadcasting System (TBS)’s radio show, was the most [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A dozen opposition and independent lawmakers denounced the National Assembly secretariat Monday for removing artworks satirizing the government of President Yoon Suk Yeol from a planned exhibition at the Assembly. About 80 pieces of art, including one showing a naked President Yoon brandishing a sword with the first lady, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Assembly has decided to refer the head of Google Korea to prosecutors for perjury during the parliamentary audit. Kim Kyung-hoon, the country director for Google’s local unit, appeared as a witness at the parliamentary audit of the Korea Communications Commission led by the Science, ICT, Future Planning, [...]