SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – In a remarkable story of survival that doctors are calling “miraculous,” South Korea’s smallest-ever newborn girl has finally gone home after spending 198 days in intensive care, offering hope for extremely premature infants worldwide. The baby girl, nicknamed “Yerang,” was born on April 22, 2024, weighing just 260 grams — [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Lee, a 32-year-old office worker from Incheon, has been waking up in the middle of the night to check his investment portfolio, often exclaiming “Thank you, Musk” before falling back asleep. His enthusiasm stems from a remarkable turnaround in his 10-million-won investment in Tesla, which had previously plunged 30% amid [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A local court on Wednesday sentenced popera star Kim Ho-joong to 2 1/2 years in prison on charges of ramming into a taxi and fleeing the scene. In delivering the sentence, the Seoul Central District Court said Kim “fled irresponsibly” even after having caused damage to the taxi and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea added less than 100,000 jobs in October for the first time in four months primarily due to a slowdown in the wholesale, retail and construction sectors, data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people aged 15 years and older came to 28.85 million as of end-October, up [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Hot spring bathing in South Korea will soon extend beyond traditional bathhouses to camping and glamping sites, following new regulatory changes approved by the government. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced on November 12 that the Cabinet had passed amendments to the Hot Springs Act enforcement decree, aimed [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A new government study has revealed stark regional differences in factors affecting South Korea’s declining birth rates, with housing costs being the primary concern in the Seoul metropolitan area while job insecurity drives low fertility rates in other regions. The Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS) released these findings [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The remains of Korean independence fighter Lee Ui-gyeong, known for the autobiographical fiction “The Yalu River Flows” that portrays life during Japan’s 1910-45 colonization, will return home from Germany this week, 105 years after Lee left the nation, the veterans ministry said Tuesday. Lee’s remains are set to arrive [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A new report suggests that South Korean companies should proactively secure logistics infrastructure in the southeastern United States and along the U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico, anticipating these regions’ emergence as key global supply chain hubs under a potential second Trump administration. The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The government said Tuesday all aircraft takeoffs and landings across South Korea will be temporarily prohibited to keep noise down during this year’s annual College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) later this week. According to the transportation ministry, aircraft takeoffs and landings will be restricted for 35 minutes between 1:05 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly 7 in 10 South Koreans believe that couples can live together without getting married, and almost 40 percent support having children outside of wedlock, a government report showed Tuesday, signaling a shift in perceptions around marriage and childbearing in the traditionally conservative country. The report was based on [...]