SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) –In a recent episode of online drama, a promotional video for the popular game ‘MapleStory’ found itself in the crosshairs of male-centric communities, with many branding it as a symbol of misandry. However, as the details unfolded, it was revealed that the artist behind the controversial illustration that included a [...]
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The United States on Friday released proposed guidance defining a “foreign entity of concern (FEOC)” in a move to clarify its rules meant to block tax credits for electric vehicles (EVs) with battery components and critical minerals from China. The Treasury and Energy Departments announced the long-awaited rules of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Space has emerged as an extended battlefield for the rival Koreas as they have successfully launched their own spy satellites into orbit and are gearing up to send more to better monitor each other amid an intensifying arms race, analysts said Saturday. South Korea’s first homegrown spy satellite was [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – For many North Korean defectors in South Korea, arriving here in one piece is one thing, but finding a job to support themselves in the capitalist society is another mission. Lee Hye-young, 39, still remembers the first few months into her job at a company that makes filters for [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul High court on Friday ordered the government to reverse its decision to revoke the license of a North Korean defectors’ group for sending anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets over to the North. The court ruling came after the unification ministry revoked the license of Fighters for a Free North [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The average life expectancy of South Korean babies born last year fell by about a year to reach 82.7 years, data showed Friday. The average life expectancy at birth in 2022 was 0.9 year shorter than the previous year, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea. Compared with [...]
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States has kept North Korea on its list of state sponsors of terrorism, an annual State Department report showed Thursday, noting the reclusive regime repeatedly supported acts of international terrorism. The department released the 2022 Country Reports on Terrorism, which serves as a guide for policy decisions [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called on the air force to enhance its combat posture to immediately respond to military threats by enemies, Pyongyang’s state media reported Friday. Kim made the remark during a visit to the Air Force Command on Thursday on the occasion of the Day [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will thoroughly review Japan’s application for the listing of Buddhist scriptures, printed with ancient Korean Buddhist wooden printing blocks, on the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Memory of the World Register, the foreign ministry said Thursday. The move came as the Japanese government is pushing [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A tour program to the truce village of Panmunjom on the inter-Korean border has been suspended again as safety concerns increased due to North Korean soldiers armed with pistols in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, the unification ministry said Thursday. The government partially resumed the tour [...]