SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – In a rare moment of emotional candor for the K-pop industry, Hanni (Phạm Ngọc Hân), a 20-year-old member of the popular girl group NewJeans, testified before a National Assembly committee about her experiences with workplace bullying and isolation, drawing international attention to labor practices in South Korea’s entertainment sector. Hanni’s [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent report by the Korea Consumer Agency has shed light on growing concerns in the domestic matchmaking industry, revealing that consumers who sought redress for grievances paid an average of 3.46 million won for matchmaking services. The agency’s data, released on October 16, shows a troubling trend in the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Volvo Cars Korea announced on October 16 that it has secured the top position in the product satisfaction (TGR) category of the “2024 Automobile Planning Survey” conducted by Consumer Insight, a leading consumer research firm in South Korea. This achievement marks Volvo’s dominance over both domestic and imported car brands [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The Alliance of National University Hospital Labor Unions in South Korea raised alarm on October 16 over the rapidly deteriorating financial health of the country’s public university hospitals. The coalition reported that in the first half of this year alone, 16 national university hospitals have already accumulated a total debt [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – As Samsung Electronics grapples with an earnings shock in its third-quarter results, the company’s Mobile eXperience (MX) and Networks (NW) divisions have managed to remain profitable, earning praise for their resilience. However, the tech giant now faces a critical decision that could significantly impact its future smartphone offerings and bottom [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – As concerns grow over Samsung Electronics’ future, South Korea’s semiconductor industry finds itself at a critical juncture. With China and Taiwan rapidly catching up in technology, there’s mounting anxiety that South Korea could lose its edge in advanced semiconductor markets crucial for artificial intelligence and aerospace applications. At a special [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on October 15 that it will conduct a comprehensive audit of 1,000 medical clinics that handle propofol, a powerful sedative, on average more than once a day. The audits will run from November 17 through January of next year. City officials cited the increasing misuse [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – When news broke that Han Kang, the 54-year-old novelist who recently won the Nobel Prize in Literature, had received the announcement while having dinner with her son, it reignited interest in a personal anecdote about her decision to have children. The story, which has been circulating on various online communities, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – In a significant breakthrough for urban living, Hyundai Engineering announced on October 15 that it has developed South Korea’s first “ceiling-type soundproofing structure,” a novel approach to tackling the persistent issue of inter-floor noise in apartment buildings. Unlike traditional floor-based soundproofing methods, this innovative system is installed in the ceiling, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Emart, one of South Korea’s largest retailers, is taking a proactive stance against climate change through various afforestation activities, with its latest initiative reaching as far as the steppes of Mongolia. On October 15, Emart announced that it had begun planting trees in Mongolia’s Terelj National Park on October 10, [...]