SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — When Ji, a 41-year-old technician from South Korea, finally walked into the arrivals hall at Incheon International Airport this week, he was carrying more than a suitcase. He carried a story of humiliation. “The food was like garbage. We couldn’t eat it,” Ji said, recalling the seven days he [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — At 3:23 p.m. on Friday, the arrival hall at Incheon International Airport filled with tears, embraces, and a palpable sense of relief. More than 300 South Korean workers, shackled only days earlier in Georgia during a sweeping U.S. immigration raid, finally walked free onto home soil. Families pressed against [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s consumer dispute panel has ruled that Volkswagen Group Korea must provide free inspections and replacements for defective air-conditioning systems in certain Audi Q4 e-tron 40 models, citing structural flaws that caused repeated failures. The Korea Consumer Agency’s dispute settlement committee said on Thursday that its review found the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court has canceled the government’s plan to build a new airport on the ecologically sensitive Saemangeum tidal flats, a ruling hailed by environmental groups as a rare legal victory for conservation. The Seoul Administrative Court on Thursday sided with a coalition of 1,308 citizen plaintiffs who [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 300 South Korean workers detained in a sweeping U.S. immigration raid have been released a week after their arrest, bringing relief to families and easing fears that the dispute could further strain bilateral ties. On Thursday, buses carrying the workers left an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s corporate sector is bracing for a slowdown in U.S. investment following the detention of more than 300 Korean nationals in an immigration raid, a crisis that has already disrupted battery factory construction and cast doubt over high-profile bilateral projects. The most immediate impact has fallen on HL-GA, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Science Minister Bae Kyung-hoon visited an office of South Korea’s No. 2 mobile carrier KT Corp. on Thursday, calling for an all-out effort to address a recent series of unauthorized mobile payments. The visit came after a total of 278 cases of unauthorized mobile payments worth 170 million won [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — President Lee Jae Myung has appointed a law firm partner as the new ambassador to the United Nations, a source said Thursday. The appointment of Cha Ji-hoon, a lawyer with the law firm Hwawoo, has been finalized as it does not require “agrement,” a diplomatic process in which the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Special counsel Min Joong-ki’s team on Thursday requested an arrest warrant for a senior construction company executive over his alleged role in a stock price manipulation scheme possibly involving former first lady Kim Keon Hee. The investigation team filed for the warrant for Lee Ki-hoon, vice chairman of Sambu [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A wave of online calls to boycott American goods erupted in South Korea on Thursday after the U.S. delayed the repatriation of roughly 300 Korean workers detained in Georgia last week. Posts on forums and social media targeted Costco, McDonald’s, and Starbucks, with some pledging to cancel Tesla orders [...]