JEJU, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A Netflix animated feature has unexpectedly cast a centuries-old Korean craft into the global limelight. In K-Pop Demon Hunters, the boy band “Saja Boys,” rivals of the girl group protagonists, don traditional hats known as gat — and audiences worldwide have taken notice. One character’s performance, twirling a gat’s [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s efforts to rescue its collapsing essential medical system by sharply raising reimbursements for high-risk surgeries have failed to halt the sector’s decline, new government data show. Even with more generous payments, essential care still accounts for less than 20 percent of total medical spending, while pediatric and obstetric [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. has recently won a major deal in the United States to supply cooling solutions to artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, the company’s head said Thursday. Cho Joo-wan, chief executive officer (CEO) of LG Electronics, made the remark in a social media post, marking the first time [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s government announced a sweeping plan to eliminate dozens of everyday regulations deemed outdated or unreasonable, including cumbersome telecom service cancellations and male-only membership in a national civic group. The reforms were unveiled Tuesday at a policy coordination meeting chaired by Prime Minister Kim Min-seok, following the government’s [...]
DAEJEON, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – In a potential breakthrough for plastic recycling, South Korean scientists have developed a plasma-based process that can convert mixed plastic waste directly into high-value chemical feedstocks without the need for sorting or label removal. The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) announced Wednesday that its consortium — which [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — In a breakthrough that could reshape medical imaging and telehealth, Korean scientists have developed the world’s first disposable ultrasound patch made entirely of silicon, eliminating the toxic lead traditionally used in piezoelectric devices. The team, led by Lee Byung-chul of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), worked [...]
GUNSAN, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Gunsan in North Jeolla Province said Monday it will begin accepting applications from local farmers to join its 2025 Ecosystem Service Payment Program, designed to secure food and habitat for migratory birds that flock to the Geum River and Mangyeong River estuaries each winter. Under the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — “My Universe,” a collaboration single between boy group BTS and global pop icon Coldplay, has surpassed 1.5 billion streams on Spotify, the world’s largest music streaming platform, BTS’ agency said Tuesday. It became the second BTS’ group song with more than 1.5 billion streams following “Dynamite.” The two bands [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — As smishing scams evolve with increasing sophistication, South Korea’s internet watchdog is stepping up its defenses with a new filtering system designed to block malicious text messages at the source. The Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) said Sunday that it has launched an “SMS X-ray” system that intercepts [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Boy band Stray Kids set a record with its latest release, “Karma,” which posted the highest first-week sales of any K-pop album this year, the group’s agency said Friday. JYP Entertainment said the group’s fourth full-length album, released on Monday, sold 3.03 million copies in its first week, citing [...]