SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Unionized intracity bus workers in Seoul, Busan, Incheon, Gyeonggi Province and 18 other regions nationwide on Thursday threatened to go on a simultaneous general strike late this month, if their wage negotiations with management break down. The bus workers, all affiliated with the Korean Automobile & Transport Workers’ Federation, [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Thursday, South Korea’s military said, in what could be a performance test aimed at exporting arms to Russia. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the launch, involving various types of multiple short-range ballistic missiles, [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Ministry of Health and Welfare announced plans on Thursdsay to introduce policies supporting childbirth outside of marriage, signaling a potential shift in a country where traditional family structures have long dominated social norms. First Vice Health Minister Lee Ki-il stated during a radio interview on Parents’ Day that [...]
BUSAN, May 8 (Korea Biziwre) — Starting this year, residents of Busan who wish to own certain aggressive dog breeds such as pit bulls and Rottweilers must not only obtain a local government permit but also pass a formal temperament assessment, the city announced Wednesday. The move follows the implementation of South Korea’s revised Animal Protection [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — With dementia-related missing person cases on the rise amid South Korea’s rapidly aging population, police are ramping up efforts to promote a fingerprint pre-registration system aimed at swiftly reuniting patients with their families. The initiative, known as the Preemptive Fingerprint Registration Program, allows dementia patients to voluntarily register their fingerprints, [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean esports powerhouse T1 has issued a strong statement distancing its star player, Lee Sang-hyeok—better known as Faker—from political endorsements after a presidential candidate used a pose associated with the gamer in official campaign materials. The controversy erupted after Kim Moon-soo, a presidential contender from the ruling People Power [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean football league said Wednesday it will consider opening disciplinary proceedings against a coach for shoving a player in an on-field meltdown. The Korea Professional Football League (K League) said it was reviewing an incident involving Gwangju FC head coach Lee Jung-hyo and one of his players, [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A digital certificate belonging to CJ OliveNetworks Co., the IT service arm of South Korea’s CJ Group, has been found to have been leaked and exploited in a suspected North Korean cyberattack, according to cybersecurity sources Wednesday. According to the sources, a malicious file linked to North Korea discovered [...]
SUWON, South Korea, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — An appeals court on Wednesday sentenced a Chinese former employee of SK hynix Inc. to five years in prison for leaking the company’s core semiconductor technology. The Suwon High Court handed down the sentence, along with a 30 million-won (US$21,500) fine, to the 37-year-old defendant for leaking [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) submitted a request for arbitration with an international mediation court Wednesday regarding a conflict with parent company Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) over a payment dispute involving additional construction costs for a nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates [...]