SEOUL, April 18, (Korea Bizwire) — A series of attempted child abductions reported near elementary schools in Seoul’s affluent Gangnam district has sparked growing concern among parents and prompted increased police surveillance, authorities confirmed on Friday. On April 17, 2025, police received a report that an unidentified man approached a student near A Elementary School [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) – A senior U.S. energy official on Friday underscored South Korea’s growing significance in the Donald Trump administration’s push to expand American energy exports and diversify global supply chains. Speaking via video remarks at an energy forum hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea (AMCHAM) held in Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top central banker will attend meetings of the Group of 20 (G20) finance ministers and central bank chiefs, as well as the International Monetary Fund–World Bank Group (IMF-WBG) meetings, to be held in the United States, his office said Friday. Bank of Korea (BOK) Gov. Rhee Chang-yong [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Friday strongly protested Japan’s reopening of a state museum asserting territorial claims to Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo, urging its “immediate closure.” The Tokyo-based National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty reopened earlier in the day after renovations, with upgraded exhibits offering a more “hands-on” experience, according [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire)- South Korea’s Asiana Airlines Inc. on Friday came under fire for mislabeling two Ukrainian cities as part of Russia on its in-flight infotainment system, drawing criticism from Ukrainian nationals and social media users. According to a passenger who shared a photo on Instagram, the cities of Dnipro (formerly Dnepropetrovsk) and [...]
SEOUL, April 18, (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major battery manufacturers are delaying or scrapping joint ventures with Chinese companies as geopolitical risks, regulatory uncertainty, and market stagnation force a strategic rethink in the electric vehicle (EV) supply chain. According to industry sources on April 17, LG Energy Solution has postponed construction of two planned [...]
UISEONG•YEONGDEOK, South Korea, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Forestry workers in North Gyeongsang Province are facing renewed despair after record-breaking wildfires scorched thousands of hectares last month — only to find that government compensation falls far short of the actual losses incurred. According to local authorities and affected families, the wildfires that broke out on [...]
SEOUL, April 18, (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Korea’s “Good Price Stores” — eateries and shops offering quality services at lower-than-average prices — has surpassed 10,000 for the first time, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced Thursday. To mark the milestone, the ministry held a commemorative plaque ceremony at the 10,000th [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The government on Thursday announced its decision to return the nation’s medical school enrollment quota for 2026 to the former level of 3,058 from two years ago, in a bid to resolve a 14-month standoff with trainee doctors and medical students. Since February last year, thousands of trainee doctors [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.N. civilian aviation agency has dismissed North Korea’s request to investigate its claim of South Korean drones infiltrating Pyongyang’s airspace last year, a Seoul official said Thursday. Earlier this year, North Korea submitted the request to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for a probe into the alleged [...]