SEJONG, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Education Ministry said Monday it has begun a thorough review of how this year’s English section of the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) was designed and vetted, after the unusually high level of difficulty triggered a national backlash and drew international media attention. The ministry acknowledged that the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Zinc, one of the world’s largest nonferrous metals producers, will invest nearly 11 trillion won (US$7.4 billion) to build a large-scale integrated smelter in Tennessee, a project backed by both the U.S. government and American corporate partners as Washington races to counter China’s tightening control over strategic mineral exports. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean artificial intelligence teams competing to build a “national AI” model are lagging far behind global competitors in solving advanced mathematics problems, according to a new study released on Monday. A research team led by Kim Jong-rak, a mathematics professor at Sogang University, evaluated five domestic large language [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is preparing to overhaul its public transit payment system to allow foreign visitors to ride buses and subways using the same credit cards they carry abroad, a shift aimed at easing one of the most persistent inconveniences for travelers. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has begun [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy smartphone line has once again been named South Korea’s most valuable brand, extending its reign to 15 consecutive years, according to a widely watched industry index released Sunday. Branding consultancy Brandstock said Galaxy earned a Brand Stock Top Index (BSTI) score of 948 in its 2025 ranking [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Early-stage entrepreneurs using artificial intelligence to solve industrial problems are beginning to see tangible results, propelled by TeX-Corps (Tech EXploration Corps) — a commercialization program modeled after the U.S. National Science Foundation’s I-Corps that pushes researchers to validate their ideas through rapid, intensive customer discovery. The program, designed to help [...]
BUSAN, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Coast Guard has arrested a smuggling ring accused of importing thousands of counterfeit luxury goods from China and selling them online, prompting several global fashion houses to issue formal letters of appreciation — an unusually public response from brands that rarely acknowledge enforcement actions. The South Regional Coast [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics said Sunday that its AI-powered energy-saving mode for home appliances has been shown to reduce electricity consumption in high-efficiency washing machines by roughly 30 percent, based on one of the largest real-world validations conducted in the industry. The findings come from a yearlong study Samsung carried out with [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor’s hydrogen fuel-cell SUV, the All-New Nexo, has received the highest possible safety rating from Europe’s premier new-car testing program, the company said Sunday, marking another milestone for the automaker’s expanding lineup of alternative-energy vehicles. The Nexo earned five stars in the latest Euro NCAP evaluation, recognized for maintaining [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s wealthy population continued to grow last year, exceeding 476,000 individuals with more than 1 billion won (about $760,000) in financial assets, according to a new report that highlights widening asset gaps and a renewed appetite for stock investments despite a climate of economic uncertainty. The 2025 Korea Wealth [...]