GYEONGJU, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – In the early hours of November 30, a magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck Gyeongju, South Korea, leaving military personnel with an unexpected aftermath – widespread confiscation of mobile phones. Reports have emerged of soldiers surreptitiously using phones during prohibited hours, only to be caught off guard by disaster alert sounds. According [...]
CHEONAN/UIJEONGBU, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – In a bizarre incident that unfolded on the morning November 30, a 17-year-old high school sophomore residing in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, found himself at the center of attention when his iPhone 13 unexpectedly swelled up, emitting smoke. The incident, captured on video, quickly went viral on social media, amassing [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – As “godoksa,” or solitary death, becomes a pressing social concern, a recent survey unveils that the average South Korean believes there is a 32 percent chance of facing such a fate. Godoksa refers to an isolated demise, where an individual passes away alone, disconnected from family, relatives, and others, with [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The numbers of travelers to Japan, the United States and the Middle East through Incheon International Airport have fully recovered to pre-pandemic levels, while the number of those heading to China still remains sluggish, data showed Sunday. In the first 11 months, the numbers of passengers who traveled to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of elementary school freshmen nationwide is expected to drop below the 400,000 mark next year for the first time amid South Korea’s record low birth rates. Education insiders widely predict that the number of elementary school freshmen for the 2024 academic year, born in 2017, may fall [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A bomb hoax at Seoul’s Yonsei University prompted about 100 people to evacuate Wednesday night, but police found no explosives, officials said Thursday. An unidentified person claimed in an internet post to have sent a tumbler containing a bomb to the university in anger over a professor. After police [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Ven. Jaseung, an influential former leader of the Jogye Order, the nation’s largest Buddhist sect, has died in a fire at a temple, according to the Jogye Order on Thursday. Ven. Jaseung was visiting Chiljang Temple in Anseong, 64 kilometers south of the capital, when a fire erupted there [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent report from the Korea ESG Standards Institute reveals that more than 50 percent of the country’s fashion enterprises are labeled as ‘vulnerable’ when it comes to their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings. The institute, a leading ESG evaluation body in South Korea, graded 11 out of 19 [...]