SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military said Tuesday it fired warning shots at a group of North Korean soldiers who briefly crossed the military demarcation line (MDL) inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas. About 10 armed North Korean soldiers returned to the North after the South Korean military aired [...]
GANGNEUNG, South Korea, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean military surveillance unit played a critical role in the recent seizure of what authorities believe to be the country’s largest-ever shipment of cocaine, the Army’s 23rd Guard Brigade confirmed Tuesday. On April 2, a joint operation by the East Sea Regional Coast Guard and Seoul [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Rising ocean temperatures in the distant Southern Ocean could be fueling wetter summers across East Asia, including the Korean Peninsula, according to a new international climate study published in Nature Geoscience. Led by Dr. Sara Kang of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Germany and Dr. Hanjoon Kim of [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The government on Tuesday formally designated June 3 as the date of the next presidential election following the ouster of former President Yoon Suk Yeol. The designation was made at a Cabinet meeting four days after the Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment of Yoon over his short-lived imposition of [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The foreign ministry on Tuesday expressed “strong protest” against Japan’s territorial claim to South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo in its latest foreign policy paper, calling for an immediate withdrawal. Releasing this year’s Diplomatic Bluebook earlier in the day, the Japanese government once again renewed its claim to the [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — As generative AI tools like ChatGPT become increasingly common in job applications, hiring professionals are struggling to assess the true capabilities of candidates, raising new questions about fairness, authenticity, and the future of recruitment. A recent survey by U.S.-based career platform ResumeGenius, which polled 1,000 hiring managers, reveals that [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government is on alert following China’s decision to tighten its grip on rare earth exports and impose retaliatory tariffs in response to new U.S. trade measures, raising fresh concerns over global supply chain vulnerabilities. Beijing announced last week that it will impose a 34% retaliatory tariff [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A wave of tuition increases at South Korean private universities this semester has emerged as a key driver of inflation, with fears mounting that more institutions—particularly public ones—may follow suit in 2026, deepening financial strain on students and households. According to government data, tuition hikes at nearly 70% of [...]
BEIJING, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese officials tasked with managing a memorial facility for troops who fought in the 1950-53 Korean War returned to North Korea for the first time in five years, the Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang said Monday. According to the embassy’s website, 14 Chinese officials arrived in North Korea last Monday [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The foreign ministry said Monday that a South Korean sea salt farm recently placed under U.S. import restrictions is no longer involved in forced labor, after the U.S. customs agency’s ban on its products over alleged labor abuses. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said Thursday (U.S. time) [...]