SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Medical Center reported on February 13 that over 46,000 people sought emergency care for suicide attempts or self-harm in South Korea in 2023, with nearly half of the cases involving individuals in their teens and twenties. According to data from the Central Emergency Medical Center, there were 46,359 [...]
JEJU, South Korea, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The honeybee population in Jeju has been steadily declining, raising concerns among local farmers and environmental experts. According to data released by the Jeju provincial government on February 13, the number of beehives on the island has consistently decreased over the past five years, falling from 80,803 in [...]
CHEORWON, South Korea, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean Army’s 6th Infantry Division has conducted an intensive winter combat exercise designed to enhance operational readiness in extreme cold conditions. The drills, which began on February 10 and conclude on February 14, took place in the Cheorwon and Pocheon regions, employing K1E1 tanks, K9 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court has ruled that Ironmace, the developer of the online game Dark and Darker, must compensate Nexon for damages related to data misappropriation but did not violate copyright laws. On February 13, the Seoul Central District Court’s Civil Agreement Division 63, presided over by Judge Park Chan-seok, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Emerging Asian economies could face significant setbacks if U.S. President Donald Trump intensifies his trade war policies, potentially creating a lose-lose situation for nations that have benefited from global supply chain shifts in recent years, according to a Reuters analysis published on January 11. While Trump initially targeted countries with [...]
BUAN, South Korea, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A search was under way for six people missing after a fishing boat with 11 people on board caught fire in waters off the southwestern coast on Thursday, the Coast Guard said. Five people were rescued. The 34-ton fishing vessel caught fire in waters near Buan, 204 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The unification ministry said Thursday that North Korea was dismantling a reunion facility for separated families inside its Mount Kumgang tourist area and urged Pyongyang to immediately stop. Koo Byoung-sam, spokesman at the South Korean ministry, also voiced “strong regrets” over North Korea’s move, vowing to consider legal steps [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea demanded during inter-Korean talks in 1990 that South Korea dismantle a barricade it had installed along their border, calling it “a disgrace” to the Korean people, according to an official dossier declassified Thursday. The information was disclosed in the unification ministry’s official documents recording inter-Korean talks held [...]
TOKYO, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea, China and Japan are close to finalizing the arrangements to hold a trilateral meeting of their top diplomats late next month, a report said Thursday. The meeting, set to be held in Tokyo, is most likely to take place March 22, Japan’s Asahi Shimbun daily reported, citing [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korean semiconductor manufacturers pivot toward high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips in the artificial intelligence era, they face mounting uncertainties from aggressive Chinese competition and potential tariffs threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump. While analysts suggest that tariff impacts may be limited given the relatively small share of semiconductor exports [...]