SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government has, for the first time, publicly disclosed data on early childhood private education spending, shedding light on a rapidly expanding market that has sparked concerns over educational inequality and excessive academic pressure on young children. The Ministry of Education released findings from the 2024 Early Childhood [...]
The Swiss innovation is celebrated at Rinascente in Rome, in presence of the store managers, the Ambassador of Switzerland and the brand Kenzai Cosmetics ROME, March 13, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – We spend hours in front of smartphones, tablets, computers, and televisions—accompanied by an invisible presence: blue light, one of the main causes of skin [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. beef industry has called on the Trump administration to push South Korea to ease its restrictions on American beef imports, drawing close attention from the South Korean livestock and distribution sectors. On March 12, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) formally requested that the U.S. Trade Representative [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean legal tech firm Law & Company announced that its AI-powered legal assistant, Super Lawyer, achieved a breakthrough performance in the 14th Korean Bar Examination, surpassing global AI models in accuracy. The company revealed on Wednesday that Super Lawyer recorded a 74% accuracy rate on the multiple-choice section, well [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study reveals that South Korea’s younger generation perceives marriage and childbirth with overwhelmingly negative emotions, with financial concerns emerging as the dominant theme. The Korean Peninsula Population Institute for Future (KPPIF), a nonprofit research organization, analyzed approximately 50,000 posts on the workplace community platform Blind from November [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Families with three or more minor children will soon enjoy priority immigration processing at major airports across South Korea, including Incheon International Airport, as part of the government’s latest efforts to combat the country’s declining birth rate. The new fast-track service, set to begin in June, is among several measures [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Individuals with Type 1 diabetes face nearly twice the risk of suicide compared to the general population and 1.8 times higher risk than cancer patients, according to a groundbreaking study published in the Journal of Internal Medicine. The research, conducted by Kim Jae-hyeon, Kim Gyu-ri, and Kim Seohyun from Samsung Seoul [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday its new advanced organic light-emitting diode (OLED) and quantum nanocell-emitting diode (QNED) TVs will soon hit the market, with their user-friendly artificial intelligence (AI) and upgraded image quality. The 2025 OLED evo incorporates brightness booster technology, which optimizes the display algorithm and organic compound [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — At Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025, LG Uplus announced a partnership with Google’s Gemini AI, marking the final piece of South Korea’s major telecom companies unveiling their strategic AI alliances. With this move, SK Telecom has aligned with Anthropic and Perplexity, KT has partnered with Microsoft, and LG Uplus [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A new survey has revealed that many social media users primarily access platforms to kill time, with TikTok showing the strongest tendency toward habitual, passive consumption. According to the “2024 Social Media User Survey” conducted by the Korea Press Foundation, 48.7% of TikTok users cited “killing time or habitual use” [...]