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Seeking Solace Beyond the City: Housing Crunch Drives Exodus from Seoul

Seeking Solace Beyond the City: Housing Crunch Drives Exodus from Seoul

SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Over the past decade, Seoul has seen an exodus of 5.47 million people, a significant population shift that highlights changing urban dynamics in South Korea’s capital. Statistics Korea reports a net outflow of 860,000 residents, with only 4.61 million people moving to Seoul during the same period, from 2014 to [...]

Holiday Exodus Starts on Eve of 1st COVID-19 Restrictions-free Lunar New Year Holiday in 3 yrs

Holiday Exodus Starts on Eve of 1st COVID-19 Restrictions-free Lunar New Year Holiday in 3 yrs

SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans on Friday began heading to their hometowns for family reunions or taking trips on the eve of the Lunar New Year holiday, as the nation celebrates its first such holiday without social distancing restrictions since the outbreak of COVID-19 three years ago. This year’s extended Lunar New [...]

460 S. Korean Pilots Joined Foreign Airlines in Past 5 1/2 yrs

460 S. Korean Pilots Joined Foreign Airlines in Past 5 1/2 yrs

SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Hundreds of South Korean airline pilots have joined Chinese airlines in the past five years, a ruling party lawmaker said Wednesday, amid a recent boom in the aviation industry. An Ho-young of the ruling Democratic Party said 460 pilots from eight local carriers joined foreign airlines, which usually offer [...]

EXO Hits No. 5 on U.S. iTunes Chart with ‘Exodus’

EXO Hits No. 5 on U.S. iTunes Chart with ‘Exodus’

SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean boy band EXO climbed to No. 5 on the U.S. iTunes chart this week with its new album, “Exodus,” the group’s agency said Tuesday. Released worldwide on Monday, the group’s second full-length album rose to fifth place on the U.S. iTunes general albums chart on Tuesday, S.M. Entertainment said. “Exodus” [...]