SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A smoker fined for lighting up in a designated non-smoking area has failed in a constitutional challenge after the country’s highest courts upheld the citation, ruling that public health interests outweigh individual freedom to smoke outdoors. On April 25, the Constitutional Court unanimously dismissed a petition filed by a [...]
SEOUL/JEJU, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) -- At 11 a.m. on May 2, some 20 hikers were having an early lunch on the wooden deck of the Witsae oreum shelter, perched 1,700 meters up the slopes of Hallasan, South Korea’s highest mountain. Most had brought insulated bottles, filling them with hot water to prepare ubiquitous packets [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A special loan program in South Korea offering rock-bottom interest rates for newlywed couples and new parents has drawn more than 5 trillion won in applications just three months since its launch, data showed on May 5. The “New Baby” loan program, introduced on January 29 by the Ministry [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) – One in three South Korean workers rated the labor and employment policies of President Yoon Suk-yeol’s administration 20 points or below out of 100, according to a survey released on May 5 by a civic group. The group, Gabjil 119, said its poll of 1,000 workers found Yoon’s labor [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) – In a captivating display of unity through dance, Korean and French breaking crews took to the stage in Paris, leaving the audience roaring with a series of dynamic moves and daring acrobatic feats. As the cheers from the stands intensified, the two crews – Korea’s 1Million and France’s Pockemon Crew [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) – A security guard and the owner of a Mercedes-Benz vehicle he was moving have decided to file a damages lawsuit against the German automaker and its South Korean subsidiaries, claiming the car experienced sudden unintended acceleration that caused an accident. Lawyer Ha Jong-sun from the law firm Namu, representing the [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The Peruvian Army has chosen South Korea’s K808 White Tiger as the new wheeled armored vehicle to enhance its military capabilities. On May 1, the Peruvian Army’s weapons and munitions provider (FAME) announced that it had selected the South Korean companies Hyundai Rotem (supplier) and STX (contractor) as the priority [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has approved the entry of more than 80 Chinese students seeking to study in the North in the first such acceptance of overseas students after years of stringent border lockdowns aimed at fending off the pandemic. Late Thursday, the Chinese Embassy in North Korea released a photo [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Members of K-pop juggernaut BTS carrying out their mandatory military service has sent a “positive signal” for men to faithfully fulfill their service, the head of the military manpower agency said, raising the possibility of abolishing exemptions given to top athletes and musicians. Lee Ki-sik, commissioner of the Military [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea appears to have violated trademark rights as it displayed clothing with a famous animated character from Disney-Pixar’s 2010 movie “Toy Story 3″ at the latest fashion exhibition, photos carried by state media showed Friday. Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear, the main antagonist of the film, also known as Lotso Bear, [...]