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Government Unveils National Cybersecurity Strategy with Renewed Emphasis on North Korea

Government Unveils National Cybersecurity Strategy with Renewed Emphasis on North Korea

SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The government on Thursday unveiled a National Cybersecurity Strategy calling for strengthening the country’s offensive cyber defense operations and building cooperation mechanisms with the international community while keeping a focus on North Korea’s cyberthreats. The 35-page strategy was drawn up jointly by the presidential Office of National Security, the [...]

Yoon Vows to Improve Services in Digital Gov’t, Online Gaming, Telemedicine Sectors

Yoon Vows to Improve Services in Digital Gov’t, Online Gaming, Telemedicine Sectors

SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed Tuesday to improve services in the digital government, online gaming and telemedicine sectors, saying digital technologies should be a tool to promote people’s freedom and welfare. Yoon made the remark during a government-public debate on people’s livelihood issues, the seventh in a series, which [...]

North Korea’s Varied Missile Platforms Present Challenges for South Korea’s Air Defense

North Korea’s Varied Missile Platforms Present Challenges for South Korea’s Air Defense

SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea’s recent series of missile launches using diverse platforms indicate its efforts to develop more powerful and harder-to-detect weapons, posing a challenge to South Korea’s missile defense system, experts said Monday. North Korea tested an array of missiles under development at the start of the year, including a [...]

North Korea Launches Multiple Cruise Missiles from its Eastern Coast, Confirms JCS

North Korea Launches Multiple Cruise Missiles from its Eastern Coast, Confirms JCS

SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea fired several cruise missiles from its east coast on Sunday, the South Korean military said, days after Pyongyang test-fired new strategic cruise missiles from the west coast. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said the North’s launch took place around 8 a.m. in waters off Shinpo Port, [...]

U.S. Experts Warn of Potential North Korean Military Aggression

U.S. Experts Warn of Potential North Korean Military Aggression

SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) –Recent statements from private U.S. experts and U.S. government officials indicate a growing concern over the possibility of North Korea launching a significant attack against South Korea within months. According to a New York Times report from January 25, anonymous U.S. government sources stated that North Korea’s recent missile tests [...]

Teenage Assailant of Ruling Party Lawmaker Put under Emergency Hospitalization

Teenage Assailant of Ruling Party Lawmaker Put under Emergency Hospitalization

SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Police on Friday hospitalized the teenage assailant of ruling party lawmaker Bae Hyun-jin, citing his age and health conditions, officials said. The 15-year-old boy, known to be a middle school student, was detained Thursday afternoon shortly after attacking Bae of the ruling People Power Party with a rock the [...]

Ruling Party Lawmaker Attacked in Seoul; Remains in Stable Condition after Treatment

Ruling Party Lawmaker Attacked in Seoul; Remains in Stable Condition after Treatment

SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — People Power Party lawmaker Rep. Bae Hyun-jin sustained a head injury after being attacked by an unidentified assailant Thursday but remains in stable condition, her office said. The incident happened around 5 p.m. in the southern Seoul district of Gangnam. According to Bae’s aide, a male pedestrian walked up [...]

Implementation of Workplace Safety Law on Smaller Firms Proceeds as Scheduled Starting This Saturday

Implementation of Workplace Safety Law on Smaller Firms Proceeds as Scheduled Starting This Saturday

SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The expanded implementation of the workplace safety law, penalizing employers for serious industrial accidents, is set to take effect later this week as scheduled, as rival parties have failed to agree on granting an additional two-year grace period for small businesses. Under the Serious Accidents Punishment Act, owners or [...]

S. Korea Voices Hope for Resolution over Gunma Memorial Stone for Forced Labor Victims

S. Korea Voices Hope for Resolution over Gunma Memorial Stone for Forced Labor Victims

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 [...]

North Korea Displays Map Emphasizing Northern Peninsula in Distinctive Red Hue

North Korea Displays Map Emphasizing Northern Peninsula in Distinctive Red Hue

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 [...]