DAEJEON, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The ambitious plan to bring a Starbucks Reserve Roastery to a historic former government building in Daejeon has been scrapped, Mayor Lee Jang-woo announced during a city briefing on November 19. “We are discontinuing our pursuit of the Starbucks Reserve Roastery and will instead focus on restoring the former Daejeon [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean regulators have blocked nearly 2,000 product listings from Chinese e-commerce platforms AliExpress and Temu since May, citing safety violations that threaten consumer well-being. This move underscores the growing challenges posed by cross-border e-commerce amid its meteoric rise in the country. A Surge in Unsafe Products From May to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – A growing concern over foreign street racers performing dangerous stunts on South Korean roads at night has emerged, with the group brazenly posting videos of their activities and taunting law enforcement on social media. The issue first gained public attention through recent posts on Bobaedream, an online automotive community, detailing [...]
DONGDUCHEON, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – A derelict apartment complex that stood as a stark reminder of U.S. military presence for over two decades is getting a new lease on life as a cultural center in Dongducheon, a city north of Seoul. The city announced on November 19 that it will open a new Multi-Cultural Community [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Navy will receive a new 8,200-ton destroyer armed with an advanced missile interception platform next week, officials said Wednesday, in a move expected to help bolster the military’s air defense capabilities against North Korean missiles. The Navy will receive the Jeongjo the Great destroyer, named after a visionary [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Employment and Labor on Wednesday dismissed claims of workplace harassment against a member of K-pop girl group NewJeans, saying she cannot be regarded as a worker under the labor law. NewJeans fans filed a petition with the labor ministry in mid-September, alleging that Hanni Pham, a [...]
ULSAN, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Police and forensic agency authorities plan to conduct a joint investigation Wednesday into the cause of an accident that left three people dead at a Hyundai Motor Co. plant in the southeastern city of Ulsan. On Tuesday, three researchers — two Hyundai employees and one affiliated with a subcontractor [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Back-to-back protests by railway and subway workers disrupted subway services in the capital area on Wednesday, with commuters complaining of delays during the morning rush hour. The Korean Railway Workers’ Union’s work-to-rule protest continued for the third day, causing eight trains on subway lines 1, 3 and 4 and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea added more than 254,000 wageworker jobs in the second quarter of this year, but the number grew at a slower pace, while the number of job openings for young people continued to fall for nearly two years, data showed Wednesday. The number of paid employee jobs came [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced plans to develop specialized semiconductors that can be widely applied across Korean weapons systems, marking a significant step toward technological independence in military hardware. The initiative, unveiled on November 19 at a defense semiconductor forum in Seoul’s Yeongdeungpo district, outlines a comprehensive [...]