JEJU, South Korea, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Top African envoys and South Korean experts have discussed concrete steps for expanding their partnerships, emphasizing the promising future of mutual cooperation and growth. Wamkele Mene, secretary-general of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), called for creating opportunities to increase cooperation in the technology and mineral [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — HD Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co., a South Korean shipbuilder, said Friday it has secured a 386.8 billion-won (US$280 million) order to build two container carriers for a client in the Oceania region. The vessels will be delivered in phases to an undisclosed shipping company in Oceania by March [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 15 million voters have cast their ballots in the early voting for the presidential election, according to the National Election Commission (NEC) on Friday, with attention now turning to how the near-record turnout would affect the formal vote next week. The final early-voting turnout was 34.74 percent, [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — An election worker was apprehended this week after allegedly casting an early vote for the June 3 presidential election on her husband’s behalf, police said Friday. The woman was identified as a contract employee for Seoul’s Gangnam district office who was appointed by the National Election Commission (NEC) to [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign residents in South Korea will soon find it easier to access non-bank financial services through mobile and online platforms, as the government expands its real-time ID verification system beyond the traditional banking sector. On Friday, the Ministry of Justice and the Korea Financial Telecommunications & Clearings Institute announced [...]
SEOUL, May 30, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Koreans enrolling in government-run smoking cessation clinics has halved over the past decade, while quit rates have also dropped significantly — raising concerns about waning public engagement with anti-smoking efforts. According to new data from the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is exploring the commercial potential of hydrogen combustion engines as an alternative path to decarbonizing heavy-duty vehicles, the Ministry of Environment announced Thursday. The ministry will host a policy forum on May 30 at Seoul’s Ferrum Tower to discuss strategies for expanding hydrogen-powered transportation. The event, organized [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Ministry of Environment has launched a new industry-wide council aimed at addressing the mounting environmental damage caused by clothing production and disposal. The inaugural meeting of the “Apparel Environmental Council” was held on May 29, 2025, in Yongsan, Seoul, with 21 organizations in attendance, including five major [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Following a historic year of profitability, the white-collar labor union at SK Hynix has entered annual wage negotiations with a bold proposal: an 8.25% salary increase alongside expanded performance bonuses and benefits. The first round of 2025 wage talks was held on May 28 at the company’s Icheon campus, marking [...]
JEJU, South Korea, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — China’s installation of steel structures in the overlapping sea zone with South Korea raises a question about whether it is seeking to turn the area into another South China Sea, a former U.S. ambassador to Seoul said Thursday. Harry Harris, a former commander of the U.S. Pacific [...]