SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday called for thorough preparations to protect the people as he presided over a meeting on the final day of an annual civil defense exercise, the presidential office said. The Ulchi civil defense exercise has been under way since Monday for a four-day run, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Jailed former first lady Kim Keon Hee again exercised her right to remain silent during questioning by a special counsel team Thursday in her third session since her arrest last week, sources said, with the team set to grill Kim once more on Saturday. Kim, the wife of former [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Prime Minister Kim Min-seok held a meeting with Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono on Thursday, during which they discussed ways to expand bilateral ties, officials said. During the meeting, Kim told the Indonesian foreign minister that he is looking forward to a visit by Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto to the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s telecom watchdog on Thursday ordered SK Telecom Co. to partially waive cancellation fees for non-mobile services following a major data breach that affected its 25 million mobile service users. The move came after the country’s top carrier decided to limit the waiver of cancellation fees to mobile [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The runaway success of KPop Demon Hunters, a U.S. animated film released on Netflix in June, is driving a sharp rise in global curiosity about South Korea, with ripple effects expected across food, cosmetics and tourism. Google search data show that worldwide queries for “Korea” reached their highest level [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government will launch a nationwide refund program this fall that reimburses consumers for part of their credit card spending in an effort to revive household demand and support small businesses. The Ministry of SMEs and Startups said Wednesday that the “Coexistence Payback” scheme will run from [...]
PAJU, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A 95-year-old former long-term prisoner of war, An Hak-seop, attempted on Wednesday to cross into North Korea through Panmunjom but was stopped by South Korean military authorities at the Tongil Bridge checkpoint. An, who has long identified as a “non-converted” prisoner for refusing to renounce allegiance to the North, traveled [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A court on Wednesday ordered the foreign ministry to drop a lawsuit against broadcaster MBC over former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s controversial remarks caught on a hot mic during his visit to the United States in 2022. Under the compulsory mediation, or “decision in lieu of conciliation,” the Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – President Lee Jae Myung plans to meet Bill Gates, chair of the Gates Foundation and Microsoft Corp. co-founder, in Seoul on Thursday, the presidential office said Wednesday. Gates, who has spearheaded initiatives on climate change, poverty reduction and global health through the foundation, is visiting South Korea to reportedly [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — President Lee Jae Myung has met with a group of creatives behind the smash-hit Netflix animated film “KPop Demon Hunters” and pledged to cultivate South Korea’s cultural sector into one of the country’s core industries. Appearing on Arirang TV’s prerecorded program “K-Pop: The Next Chapter” aired Wednesday, Lee sat [...]