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. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — President Lee Jae Myung said Tuesday he feels heavy responsibility over the detention of South Korean workers at a battery plant construction site in Georgia by U.S. immigration authorities, offering his deep sympathy. Lee made the remarks at a Cabinet meeting as more than 300 South Koreans have been [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — President Lee Jae Myung said Monday he will develop the artificial intelligence (AI) industry into the nation’s next-generation driver of growth through investment. Lee announced the goal of making South Korea one of the world’s top three AI powerhouses at the launch of the National AI Strategy Committee, chaired [...]
SAVANNAH, Ga., Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The workday had barely begun when phones began buzzing in unison at Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution’s sprawling battery plant construction site in Georgia. A text message appeared: stop work immediately. Within minutes, federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations swept across the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s postal service is preparing a sweeping overhaul of its customer-facing operations, with plans to embed artificial intelligence across mail and financial services in an effort to modernize delivery, ease staffing shortages and improve efficiency. The Korea Post said Sunday it will commission a consulting project next year to [...]
WASHINGTON SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — President Donald Trump on Friday defended the large-scale immigration raid at a Hyundai Motor–LG Energy Solution battery plant site in Georgia, describing it as routine enforcement even as the operation threatened to strain ties with South Korea. Speaking a day after 475 construction workers were detained, Trump said, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Friday outlined a plan to help the biohealth industry double its exports by 2030 and join the world’s top five. Under the “K-Bio Leap Strategy” unveiled at a seminar in Songdo, west of Seoul, the government outlined new targets for the industry, which also include the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new culture minister offered a stark warning on Thursday, saying that behind the glittering image of K-pop, K-drama and other cultural exports lies a fragile industry infrastructure at risk of collapse. At his first press conference since taking office, Choi Hwi-young, minister of culture, sports and tourism, said he [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The science ministry on Thursday inked an agreement with U.S. tech giant Google LLC to make joint efforts to root out voice phishing scams through advanced detection services. The Ministry of Science and ICT and the Android developer signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Seoul, announcing the launch [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The new culture minister said Thursday that despite the global success of K-pop, films and other entertainment, the reality he has witnessed inside the industries is one of “despair.” “The reality I’ve seen, heard and felt while visiting various sites is so different from the glamorous image that it [...]