SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans are reporting their highest levels of satisfaction with leisure life in nearly a decade, reflecting a shift toward more meaningful and self-directed use of free time, according to a government survey released on Friday. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Culture & Tourism [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A new social media trend in South Korea that pairs exaggerated claims of poverty with images of conspicuous wealth is drawing growing backlash, as critics argue that the so-called “poverty meme” trivializes real economic hardship in a country marked by widening inequality. The trend, popular on the platform Threads, typically [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A significant share of South Korean adolescents who have experienced school violence have also engaged in violence against their parents, according to a new academic study, underscoring concerns that trauma suffered at school can spill over into the home and pointing to the need for family-based interventions. The findings, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean investors turned to familiar blue chips and high-flying U.S. technology stocks when gifting shares this year, with Samsung Electronics emerging as the most popular choice, according to data released by KB Securities. An analysis of KB Securities’ stock-gifting service, covering transactions through Dec. 22, showed that shares of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s arcade industry is seeing a resurgence in spending as venues grow larger and attract an older, more affluent clientele, according to new data from KB Kookmin Card. An analysis of card transactions at about 400 entertainment and leisure merchants nationwide found that average per-person spending at arcades reached [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s two leading biosimilar makers, Celltrion and Samsung Bioepis, are converging in global scale but diverging sharply in how they produce and sell their medicines, according to a new industry analysis released this week. A report by Korea Ratings said the contrasting strategies have become a defining feature of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics is set to unveil its first mobile graphics processing unit developed entirely with in-house technology, marking a significant step toward greater independence in the fiercely competitive semiconductor industry shaped by the rapid rise of artificial intelligence. According to industry officials on Thursday, Samsung has equipped its upcoming Exynos [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics is using the run-up to CES 2026 to frame its next generation of products as the culmination of more than five decades of innovation in televisions and home appliances, signaling a renewed push to position artificial intelligence at the center of everyday life. On Thursday, the company released [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission said on Thursday that major online platforms and retailers have sharply increased the financial burdens placed on suppliers, with Coupang emerging as one of the largest recipients of supplier-funded promotional payments. According to a government survey of 40 major retailers across eight distribution sectors, Coupang [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics is set to unveil a new humanoid home robot at CES 2026, signaling an ambitious push to redefine domestic life through artificial intelligence and robotics. The South Korean electronics maker said Thursday that it will introduce the robot, named LG CLOiD, at the world’s largest consumer technology show, [...]