SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean academic has publicly denounced what he calls “baseless and absurd” accusations by Chinese internet users who allege cultural appropriation in the new Netflix animated film K-Pop Demon Hunters, which has become a global hit. Seo Kyung-duk, a professor at Sungshin Women’s University and prominent advocate for [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has formally proposed a bold economic blueprint to the new South Korean government, calling for the creation of a $6 trillion Korea-Japan economic union, the large-scale recruitment of skilled foreign labor, and a national pivot toward service-based exports. In a policy [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Kyochon Chicken, South Korea’s third-largest fried chicken franchise, will withdraw from delivery app Coupang Eats starting next month as part of an exclusive partnership with market leader Baedal Minjok (Baemin). The move marks the industry’s first known case of a delivery platform offering preferential terms in exchange for app [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) – In a rare fusion of K-pop glamor and supernatural adventure, K-Pop Demon Hunters, a new Netflix animated film, has taken the world by storm—climbing to the top of global streaming charts just days after its release. The film follows Huntress, a K-pop girl group who moonlight as demon slayers [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s monthly births exceeded 20,000 for the first time in three years this April, driven by a rise in marriages and an increase in women in their early 30s, marking the sharpest April growth in birth rate in over three decades. According to Statistics Korea’s latest population data [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly eight out of ten of South Korea’s largest companies are clustered in the greater Seoul area, highlighting a deepening imbalance in the nation’s corporate geography — one that’s reigniting debate over regional development and decentralization. According to a recent report by market research firm CEO Score, 385 out [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 8.47 million South Koreans—including freelancers, gig workers, and platform laborers—now make up a major portion of the labor market, yet remain largely excluded from the country’s national pension system, a new government report has found. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA) released a report [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 20 million people in South Korea received prescriptions for medical narcotics last year, reflecting a steady rise in usage across the population, according to a new government report released Tuesday. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety and the Korea Institute of Drug Safety & Risk Management [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of recent South Korean college graduates view the private sector’s growing preference for experienced hires as a major obstacle to entering the job market, according to a new report by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI). In its analysis of 144,181 job postings listed [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Once the dominant force in South Korea’s imported vehicle market, diesel-powered passenger cars are facing a steep decline as consumers increasingly turn to cleaner alternatives. According to data released Tuesday by the Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA), only 1,469 imported diesel passenger vehicles were sold in South [...]