SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) —On January 14, 2025, a 44-vehicle pileup occurred on Jayu-ro in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, attributed to black ice—a thin, nearly invisible layer of ice on roadways that poses significant hazards to drivers. Black ice forms when moisture on the road surface freezes under specific conditions, such as when [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has officially legalized the scattering of cremated ashes at sea, known as “Sanbun-jang,” starting this month. The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced Tuesday that the revised Enforcement Decree of the Act on Funeral Services and Burial, which institutionalizes ash scattering, was approved at a Cabinet meeting. Previously, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has kicked off the development of a new homegrown missile system designed to intercept targets at higher altitudes, the state arms procurement agency said Tuesday, as the country seeks to bolster its air defense capabilities against North Korean threats. A meeting to discuss the development of the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea ranked as the 34th strongest in military firepower globally, while South Korea came in fifth, a global firepower index showed Tuesday. The numbers were released in the 2025 Military Strength Ranking, compiled by Global Firepower (GFP), which assesses the “potential war-making capability” of 145 nations by conventional [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The government on Tuesday designated Jan. 27 as a temporary holiday in an effort to stimulate private consumption and promote domestic tourism ahead of the Lunar New Year. The motion was approved in a Cabinet meeting, resulting in an extended six-day holiday period from Jan. 25 to Jan. 30, [...]
BUSAN, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Busan Mayor Park Heong-joon has received an official invitation to the inauguration ceremony of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, slated for Jan. 20, and he is carefully considering whether to fly to Washington, D.C., city officials said Tuesday. Park has become the first mayor of Busan to be invited to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court is set to hold the first formal hearing of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment trial Tuesday with Yoon absent from the proceedings out of safety concerns. The hearing is scheduled for 2 p.m. and will be held exactly a month after the National Assembly voted to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea launched suspected multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Tuesday, South Korea’s military said, in a provocation staged just days before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the launch at about 9:30 a.m. from the Ganggye [...]
GOYANG, South Korea, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Nine people were injured after 43 cars were involved in a pileup on an icy highway near a junction in Goyang, just north of Seoul, officials said Tuesday. The accident occurred at 5:50 a.m. on the Seoul Munsan Expressway headed for Munsan, leaving nine drivers hospitalized. Police [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s three major terrestrial broadcasters—KBS, MBC, and SBS—have filed a lawsuit against tech giant Naver for unauthorized use of their news articles in training its generative artificial intelligence models, HyperCLOVA and HyperCLOVA X. This marks the first legal action by South Korean media outlets against a big tech [...]