SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea wants to build a “healthy and mature” relationship with China, its top diplomat said Thursday, amid concerns over cooling bilateral relations as Seoul has been pushing for closer ties with the United States and Japan. Foreign Minister Park Jin made the remarks at a forum as the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – An increasing number of young workers are seeking peace of mind and solace in diary-like records of their school life. It has become a new trend among young workers to obtain official records of their school life, capture them in photos, and upload them on social media. Riding on the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of inmates has achieved success by winning various open competitions after acquiring webtoon production techniques through a prison vocational training program. This accomplishment followed the Ministry of Justice’s focused efforts to provide intensive education on technology related to the modern age of cultural content, aiming to ensure the [...]
SEJONG, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Efforts are underway to expand maternity protection policies aimed at addressing the low birthrate, including reducing working hours during the childcare period and introducing spousal maternity leave. The Ministry of Employment and Labor announced on Wednesday that proposed amendments to the Act on Equal Employment and Support for Work-Family Reconciliation, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea on Wednesday rejected a Pentagon document labeling Pyongyang a “persistent” threat, saying the world’s biggest threat of weapons of mass destruction comes from none other than the United States. In a recently updated version of the Strategy for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD), the U.S. Department [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Celebrating this year’s 70th anniversary of the South Korea-United States alliance, Yonhap News Agency, South Korea’s key newswire, will publish a white paper, containing the development of bilateral relations, and kick off a special photo exhibition in Seoul this week. The white paper shows the traces of the two [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The defense ministry warned Wednesday that North Korea will face the “end of its regime” if it attempts to use nuclear weapons, after Pyongyang recently amended its constitution to enshrine its nuclear policy. The ministry issued the warning after the North convened a key parliamentary meeting last week, with [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have launched formal negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement, Seoul’s industry ministry said Wednesday. The two nations agreed in 2021 to push for forging a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), and the first round of talks kicked off in Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho said Tuesday the government will come up with a set of measures to boost the competitiveness of South Korea’s rechargeable battery industry and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) later this year. Along with the plan, the government will expand its investment into the research and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The heads of South Korea’s and Japan’s financial regulators on Tuesday agreed to resume regular “shuttle meetings” as part of their efforts to strengthen financial cooperation between the two countries, officials said. Kim Joo-hyun, chairman of Seoul’s Financial Services Commission (FSC), and Teruhisa Kurita, commissioner of Tokyo’s Financial Services [...]