GWANGJU, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The recorded message comes before every call now: “This call will be recorded from this point onward.” It was supposed to make things better. It hasn’t. At the Seo District Office in Gwangju, where municipal workers answer hundreds of citizen complaints each week, the voices on the other end of [...]
BUSAN, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Greenpeace, in collaboration with the Busan International Short Film Festival, will screen a documentary addressing the escalating crisis facing the world’s oceans on April 28 at 7 p.m. at the Busan Cinema Center’s outdoor theater. The documentary, titled Signal — a reference to the ocean’s “final signal” to humanity — [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — SpaceX and OneWeb are on track to launch low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication services in South Korea before the end of 2025, according to the Ministry of Science and ICT. The ministry announced on April 27 that administrative procedures for approving the companies’ domestic satellite services are in the final [...]
CHANGWON, South Korea, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Hanwha Aerospace Co. is seeking to join a U.S. Department of Defense initiative to establish a network of military repair hubs in the Indo-Pacific, a move that could significantly enhance the combat readiness of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) and strengthen South Korea’s strategic role in allied security [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. military is considering the permanent deployment of advanced F-35A radar-evading fighter jets to South Korea, a source said Sunday. The deployment, if realized, would mark a major addition to U.S. air assets in South Korea, which consist mostly of older-generation F-16 fighter jets. F-35s have previously only [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Jae-myung’s story begins not in a seat of power, but on a factory floor. As a boy in Seongnam, he inhaled toxic fumes while laboring in industrial plants, lost his sense of smell, and suffered a permanent arm injury — all to help his family scrape by. Now, with [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — For a man in his twenties, a single desperate loan marked the start of a brutal spiral. Borrowing 200,000 won with the promise to repay double just a week later, he soon found himself crushed by mounting debts. When relentless collectors showed up at his daughter’s kindergarten, he saw no [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Supreme Court has overturned a lower court ruling that ordered the government and the Seoul Metropolitan Government to refund 168.2 billion won (approximately $116 million) in taxes to U.S. private equity firm Lone Star Funds, sending the case back for retrial. According to legal sources on April 25, [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will “prudently” decide whether to join the Alaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) project after conducting an on-site field inspection of the project, Seoul’s industry minister said Friday. Industry Minister Ahn Duk-geun said the government will approach the matter “prudently” as it is tied to the country’s energy [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The 7th Air Force will temporarily assign 31 additional F-16 fighter jets to Osan Air Base starting October as part of its “Super Squadron” formation test aimed at enhancing combat effectiveness, the U.S. Air Force unit stationed in South Korea said Friday. Under the yearlong plan, the 7th Air [...]