SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Naver’s labor union staged its first rally since the passage of the so-called “Yellow Envelope Law,” demanding that the tech giant take direct responsibility for stalled wage negotiations across its subsidiaries. At a demonstration outside Naver’s Green Factory headquarters in Seongnam on Wednesday, workers from six wholly owned or [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is taking its homegrown address system abroad, beginning with Mongolia, as part of a broader push to expand its public-sector technology overseas. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety said Tuesday it had launched the “K-Address Global Academy,” a training program designed to share Korea’s address framework and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will introduce fast-track immigration lanes at Incheon International Airport this week for foreign business executives, in a move aimed at improving the country’s appeal as a hub for international commerce. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Ministry of Justice said on August 26 that [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s National Fire Research Institute announced Sunday that it will pilot new visual and audio devices designed to reduce ambulance collisions at intersections, deploying them across seven regions over the next three months. The system combines a “logo light,” which projects warning messages such as “ambulance approaching” onto [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s job market has continued to tighten, with the number of job openings per job seeker falling to just 0.4 in July 2025, the lowest level in 26 years. This marks a significant decline, with the number of job openings per seeker reaching its lowest point since July 1999, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — No explosive was found at a major department store in Seoul, according to police Tuesday, as a bomb threat posted on a community website forced some 4,000 people to evacuate. The evacuation took place after a post on the community website DC Inside claimed that an explosive had been [...]
Experts call for stronger protections as digital surveillance expands beyond physical boundaries SEOUL, August 5 (Korea Bizwire) — As digital technologies reshape the nature of personal relationships, experts are warning that South Korea’s legal system is falling behind in protecting victims of online stalking—an increasingly pervasive form of tech-enabled coercive control. In a recent paper [...]
SANCHEONG, August 4 (Korea Bizwire) — In the aftermath of back-to-back disasters, the rural county of Sancheong in South Gyeongsang Province finds itself overwhelmed, under-resourced, and emblematic of a broader crisis facing South Korea’s depopulating regions. Slammed first by a massive wildfire in March and then by record-breaking rains in July that dumped nearly 800 [...]
SEOUL, August 2 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea’s foster care rate lags behind international standards, foster parents are sounding the alarm over growing financial burdens and administrative hurdles that discourage families from taking in vulnerable children. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, only 44.7% of children in protective care were placed in [...]
SEOUL, August 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A 19-year-old man was sentenced to five years in prison Friday on charges of violence and attempted arson during a riot related to former President Yoon Suk Yeol in January. The Seoul Western District Court handed down the sentence to the man, surnamed Shim, for trespassing at the same [...]