SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top food delivery app Baemin is facing mounting criticism from small business owners after it began charging a 6.8% service fee on takeout orders this week—a move seen as a reversal of the hard-won compromise on delivery commissions reached in 2024. On April 14, the first day the [...]
SUWON, South Korea, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Police have launched an investigation into a man who allegedly killed five of his family members, including his parents and children, officials said Wednesday. The man in his 50s is accused of drugging five family members with sleeping pills and strangling them to death at an apartment [...]
SEOUL, April 16, (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly one-third of Seoul’s underground sewer lines have surpassed 50 years of age, with some districts relying on antiquated infrastructure for more than half of their networks, raising concerns over public safety and the growing risk of sinkholes. According to data disclosed by Rep. Jin Sun-mi of the Democratic [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Two Air Force unit commanders have been booked in relation to an unprecedented mistaken bombing on a civilian town last month, officials said Monday, as the ministry released the interim probe results of the fighter jet accident. On March 6, two KF-16 fighter jets dropped eight MK-82 bombs outside [...]
YEONGAM, South Korea, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The death of a 28-year-old Nepali migrant worker in Yeongam, South Jeolla Province, has sparked national concern and renewed calls for labor reform, as rights groups accuse his former employer of sustained abuse and exploitation. The worker, identified only as Mr. A, was found dead in February 2025 [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea enters an early presidential race, a recent survey has revealed that the top policy demand among labor experts is the full application of the Labor Standards Act to all workers, including those at small businesses and in freelance or non-standard roles. In a poll conducted by labor [...]
UISEONG, South Korea, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — In the aftermath of the massive wildfire that swept through Gyeongbuk Province earlier this year, 81-year-old Ms. Kim, a lifelong resident of Uiseong, lost more than just her home. Her cherished family of animals—dogs, cats, goats, and chickens—perished in the blaze that engulfed her property. Known in [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — With South Korea’s presidential election just two months away, concerns are mounting over the misuse of generative artificial intelligence—particularly deepfakes—as tools for political manipulation and disinformation. Although such fears remained largely hypothetical during the 2024 parliamentary elections, experts now warn that rapid advances in AI technology over the past year have [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean authorities have extradited the leader of a massive international drug trafficking ring responsible for smuggling hundreds of billions of won worth of narcotics into the country, officials announced Friday. The suspect, identified only as A, a 41-year-old South Korean national, was apprehended in Thailand last November following [...]
PAJU, South Korea, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A train on the Gyeongui-Jungang Line made an emergency stop in Paju, just north of Seoul, on Friday after authorities discovered an issue on the tracks. The train was headed to Seoul from Munsan when it was brought to a sudden halt at 3:30 p.m., according to [...]