SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean telecom operator, said Thursday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Japan’s largest mobile carrier KDDI to find new business applications for 5G network technology and strengthen cooperation to prepare for future 6G networks. Under the agreement, the two aim to [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean artist couple, who has built about 100 “comfort women” statues worldwide in memory of Korean victims of Japanese military wartime sexual slavery, condemned Tokyo on Wednesday for attempting to reverse history through the distortion of memory. Sculptors Kim Eun-sung and Kim Seo-kyung said Japan has not [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop rookie Enhypen has topped a key daily and a weekly music chart in Japan with its debut Japanese single, music tracker Oricon said Tuesday. “Border: Hakanai” ranked No. 1 on Oricon’s latest weekly singles chart, selling over 200,000 copies from July 5 to Sunday, according to Oricon News. [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A UNESCO committee will adopt a decision next week calling for Japan to live up to its promise to honor forced labor victims at an information center on industrial revolution sites registered on the World Heritage list, an official said Monday. The World Heritage Committee (WHC) is expected to [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.N. nuclear watchdog has formed a team of experts, including a South Korean researcher, to monitor Japan’s planned discharge of treated water from its crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, the government said Friday. Kim Hong-suk, a nuclear expert from the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS), joined the [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – JYP Entertainment, the K-pop agency-label that represents acts like TWICE, Itzy and Stray Kids, said Tuesday it has opened a pop-up store in Tokyo for fans there. The venue set up in the Ginza neighborhood of the Japanese capital opened Saturday and is set to run until Aug. 31, [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s oceans ministry said Sunday it plans to launch a new platform to provide the latest information on the radiation level in local seas to the public amid growing safety concerns over Tokyo’s planned release of contaminated water. “We plan to minimize the public’s concerns over the safety [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s imports of Japanese etching gas fell below US$10 million for the first time in 17 years as a result of the efforts made by the government and the industry to develop production capabilities and diversify supply channels. Etching gas, also known as hydrogen fluoride, is one of [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Inc., the holding firm of South Korean conglomerate SK Group, said Thursday it has struck a 140 billion-won (US$123.5 million) deal to buy a 10 percent stake in TBM, a Japanese maker of eco-friendly materials. SK’s Japanese investment arm made the investment in the Tokyo-based startup known for [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Over 60 percent of South Koreans are opposed to President Moon Jae-in’s possible visit to Japan during the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, a poll showed Monday. In a survey of 500 people aged 18 and older conducted by Realmeter on Friday, 60.2 percent of respondents said they object to Moon’s [...]