SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Fans flocked to “SM Town Live 2022: SMCU EXPRESS,” which was held for the first time in three years at the Tokyo Dome in Japan from Saturday to Monday. The festival, hosted by SM Entertainment, starred BoA, Super Junior, SHINee, Red Velvet, NCT, aespa and other SM artists. Fans [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean overseas direct purchasers are turning towards Japan to enjoy more affordable prices amid the yen’s prolonged weakness. Shinhan Card Co., a major South Korean credit card company, said the number of settlements made by its customers for overseas direct purchases from Japan during the first seven months [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — SD Biosensor Inc., a South Korean developer of COVID-19 test kits, said Thursday it has signed a deal worth 148.3 billion won (US$112.3 million) to supply COVID-19 test kits to Japan. SD Biosensor said it will provide two types of test products — a type that can diagnose both [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The once popular travel packages to Japan following the country’s lifting of entry restrictions are being canceled with the summer vacation season just around the corner. Between July 20 and August 14, approximately 40 percent of all reservations for travel to Hokkaido have been canceled, according to travel agency [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is seeking to restore a bilateral working-level defense policy dialogue with Japan that has been stalled since 2018 amid stand-offs between the two countries, an informed source said Monday. The move comes as the Yoon Suk-yeol administration has vowed to foster a “future-oriented” partnership with Tokyo despite [...]
SEOUL/TOKYO, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government strongly condemned Japan on Friday for laying repeated claim to the easternmost islets of Dokdo in its annual defense white paper. “(The government) strongly protests against Japan’s repetition of its sovereignty claim over Dokdo, clearly an integral part of the Korean territory in terms of [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s dependence on Japanese materials and parts fell to an all-time low in the first half of this year, three years after Tokyo’s control of exports of key materials bound for Seoul, data showed Wednesday. Imports of Japanese materials, parts and equipment came to US$20.07 billion during the [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean electric scooter sharing service company Swing said Friday it has entered Japan, marking the first local personal mobility service company to start operations abroad. The personal mobility firm has been preparing the ground work for its Japan operations since it established a subsidiary in the neighboring country [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular South Korean web-based comics are set to be adapted into animated series in partnership with Japanese productions amid rising global demand for Korean digital content. According to Kakao Entertainment, a subsidiary of Korean internet and entertainment giant Kakao, earlier this week, an animation adaptation of the action fantasy [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — American pop-rock band Maroon 5 removed the design of Japan’s imperial-era flag from the band’s official website Wednesday after the use of the image angered South Korean music fans ahead of its world tour that includes stops in Asian countries. According to sources in the music scene, the band [...]