SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A North Korean soldier captured by Ukraine has said he used jamming guns to neutralize Ukrainian drones, a South Korean lawmaker who recently met the soldier said Friday, in a rare glimpse into the North’s battlefield tactic to aid Moscow’s war against Kyiv. Rep. Yu Yong-weon of the ruling [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) -- North Korea on Friday promoted women’s loyalty and devotion to the ruling party and the regime ahead of the upcoming International Women’s Day. The state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) published several articles hailing the contributions by mothers, female workers and other women in celebration of Women’s Day on [...]
PESQUERIA, Mexico, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean companies with manufacturing bases in Mexico, along with around 100 local partner firms, are struggling to deal with business uncertainties stemming from the unpredictability of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff policy on the neighboring country, industry officials said Thursday. Earlier in the day, Trump signed executive actions to [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will come up with measures next month to respond to the United States’ plan to impose tariffs on auto imports, the industry ministry said Friday, as the new U.S. tariffs are expected to deal a severe blow to the South Korean automotive industry. The Ministry of Trade, [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The defense ministry said Friday a total of 29 people, including 15 civilians, have been injured from an accidental fighter jet bombing of a northern village earlier this week. On Thursday, two KF-16 fighter jets “abnormally” dropped eight MK-82 bombs outside a training range in Pocheon, some 40 kilometers [...]
DAEJEON, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Police investigating last month’s murder of an 8-year-old student by her teacher in the central city of Daejeon said Friday they have just begun questioning the teacher after executing a warrant of detention for her. The first-grade student was found with stab wounds in an empty school classroom on [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung remains the most sought-after employer among South Korean university students, according to a recent survey conducted by HR tech firm Incruit. The survey, which polled 1,144 students nationwide from February 10 to March 3, found that 16.8% of respondents identified Samsung as their preferred workplace. The primary reason [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean steel companies said Friday they will closely cooperate with the government and related agencies to minimize the impact of planned U.S. tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports from next week. U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a series of levies on some of his country’s trading [...]
JEONJU, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Educational support workers in South Korea’s North Jeolla Province rallied on March 6 to protest discriminatory treatment in maternity and childcare benefits compared to their civil servant counterparts, highlighting growing tensions over workplace inequality in the education sector. “Is it a crime to be a public service worker? It’s [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on March 6 that it will become the first city in South Korea to provide maternity leave benefits to single-person business owners and freelancers, with applications opening March 11. The groundbreaking initiative is part of the city’s “Birth Support Seoul Project,” aimed at addressing the [...]