SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon will announce his presidential bid for the June 3 election this weekend, officials said Wednesday. On Sunday, Oh will declare his bid for the upcoming presidential election, triggered by the ouster of former President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid in December. [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean Olympic chief Ryu Seung-min made a push for his country’s bid for the 2036 Summer Games in his recent meeting with International Olympic Committee (IOC) leaders in Switzerland, officials here said Wednesday. The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KSOC) said Ryu met with IOC President Thomas [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The defense ministry issued a malaria advisory Wednesday for troops serving near the border with North Korea, citing new cases involving those who had been stationed in border areas. The joint advisory with the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) came after two discharged soldiers who served in [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop powerhouse JYP Entertainment has donated 300 million won (US$202,300) to World Vision to support emergency relief efforts and child medical treatment in Myanmar, which was hit by a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake last month. JYP said Wednesday the donation will be used to provide emergency food, daily necessities [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Around six months after deploying its troops to support Russia’s war against Ukraine, North Korea appears to have lost thousands of young men but received rare military technology and economic aid as a reward to potentially offset international sanctions. In October, North Korea dispatched more than 10,000 troops to [...]
CHANGWON, South Korea, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — In a bid to tackle the growing problem of marine debris, South Gyeongsang Province announced on Tuesday its plan to develop a comprehensive “Marine Waste Distribution Map” aimed at improving waste management along the coastline. The provincial government has been relying on research conducted between 2019 and [...]
GWANGJU, South Korea, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court has ruled that the provincial government of South Jeolla must share liability for the mass death of eels at aquaculture farms near a road construction site, marking a rare legal precedent in environmental damage cases tied to public infrastructure projects. The Gwangju District Court’s [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — In a move aimed at enhancing transparency in South Korea’s booming gaming industry, a new legislative proposal seeks to require game companies not only to disclose loot box odds, but also to provide players with their full personal histories of loot box outcomes. Representative Kim Byung-kee of the Democratic [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Acting President Han Duck-soo spoke by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, his office said, marking their first talks since South Korea was thrust into political turmoil triggered by former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law debacle. The 28-minute phone talks came four days after South Korea’s [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Democratic Party (DP) said Tuesday it will consider seeking legal action against the nomination of two Constitutional Court justices by acting President Han Duck-soo, arguing that Han has no authority to nominate the judges because he was appointed by ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol. With two standing [...]