SEJONG, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Fewer South Koreans say they plan to give anything back when they’re gone. Only about one in five now say they would leave part of their estate to society, the lowest share in more than a decade of record-keeping. The figure—22.2 percent, according to the National Data Agency’s latest Social [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Both Samsung Electronics and Apple are expected to revamp their flagship smartphone lineups in 2026 after the disappointing performance of their ultra-thin models released earlier this year, 2025. Apple introduced the iPhone Air in September 2025, a 5.6-millimeter-thick, 165-gram handset replacing the traditional “Plus” model in the iPhone 17 series. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of South Koreans that remain economically inactive rose from a year earlier in 2025, amid a steady increase in the number of people who say they have no particular reason for not working, government data showed Wednesday. A total of 16.22 million individuals had remained economically inactive [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 100 South Korean teenagers voluntarily confessed to online gambling and sought help through a police-led rehabilitation program in Daejeon over the past year, according to police data released Tuesday. The Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency said that between November last year and October this year, 109 students — including [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — As the South Korean government tightens oversight of new weight-loss drugs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro to curb misuse, some users are sidestepping domestic restrictions by traveling to Japan for easier access. Despite recent price stabilization in the domestic market, a growing number of South Koreans are turning to Japanese [...]
GYEONGJU, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Following its star turn at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Gyeongju, demand for the city’s famed Hwangnam Bbang (Hwangnam bread) has soared — along with a wave of online scams and price gouging. The pastry, gifted by President Lee Jae Myung to Chinese President Xi Jinping during the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s experiment with “no-scooter zones” has drawn strong public support, with a majority of residents reporting safer and more comfortable pedestrian environments, city officials said Monday. The pilot program, the first of its kind in South Korea, was launched in May along two busy stretches: the 1.3-kilometer Red Road [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s benchmark KOSPI index, which recently broke the 4,000-point mark for the first time in history, has ignited a wave of participation from wealthy individual investors making large-scale trades. According to the Korea Exchange, individual investors placed an average of 28,729 orders worth at least 100 million won ($73,000) [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — At a Lotte Cinema theater in Seoul, the lights cut out, sirens blare, and a chilling announcement fills the room: “This theater is now closed. This is not a drill.” Suddenly, audience members are thrust into a survival game, dodging zombies that stalk the aisles. This is Charlotte: The Play – Survival, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Roughly one in three South Korean parents have given their children nutritional supplements such as calcium, vitamin D, or height-enhancement products to promote physical growth, a new survey has found. The Korean Society of Pediatric Endocrinology (KSPE) released the findings Thursday in partnership with Gallup Korea, based on a survey [...]