NAJU, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Long celebrated in Korean culture, the lotus flower has carried layered meanings across history, from scholarly admiration to religious reverence and folk traditions. Confucian scholars cherished the lotus for its purity, blooming untainted from murky ponds. In Buddhism, it symbolizes spiritual clarity — a flower rising above worldly defilements, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Naver Webtoon is bringing the aesthetics of short-form video to digital comics, testing a new feature that turns webtoons into five-minute video episodes on its English-language platform. The company said Monday it had introduced the “video episode” function in beta, adding animation, sound effects, background music, and voice acting [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — As daily life becomes increasingly reliant on digital tools, a new government survey has found that nearly one in 12 South Korean adults lacks the basic digital skills needed to navigate common tasks such as booking train tickets through an app, checking online invitations, or sending money via banking apps. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A low orbit satellite internet service is expected to be launched in South Korea next month, with global providers Eutelsat OneWeb and SpaceX preparing to introduce the next-generation internet access from space, industry sources said Tuesday. Eutelsat OneWeb, a subsidiary of the French business group Eutelsat, has already completed [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday unveiled a new wireless earbud retaining key features of its premium Galaxy Buds 3 at a relatively affordable price. The Galaxy Buds 3 FE will be available in the United States and Europe starting Sept. 5, and gradually expand to major markets, including South [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it plans to unveil 25 new home appliances during an upcoming German electronics exhibition targeting the European market. The new set of products meeting lifestyles of European customers will be showcased at the IFA 2025, which will kick off for a five-day run in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – As South Korea grapples with relentless summer heat, an unlikely battleground has emerged: the thermostat. In office buildings and on subways, debates over air-conditioning settings have intensified, exposing a deep divide in how people experience temperature — and how they express it. Commuters trade complaints online, with some lamenting [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A government policy aimed at reducing smoking through tobacco tax increases appears to have only short-term impact, with a recent study revealing that the sales drop triggered by higher prices typically vanishes within four months. According to a new report released Monday by the Korea Institute for Health and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of South Korean workers are now using generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools on the job, potentially contributing to a significant uptick in national productivity, according to a new report released by the Bank of Korea on Monday. The report, titled “Rapid Expansion of AI and Its [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Cortis, the new boy group from BigHit Music behind BTS and Tomorrow X Together (TXT), debuted Monday with a digital single and expressed hopes of establishing a unique identity in the K-pop scene. It marks the agency’s first new boy group in six years, following TXT’s debut in 2019. [...]