SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — On Tuesday, the Japanese government decided to dump contaminated water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, leading to a firestorm of criticism for the lack of consideration of neighboring countries. Tokyo appears to have tried to appease domestic resistance against the plan but shows no attention [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean civic groups on Tuesday asked Japan to retract its decision to release contaminated water from its wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, denouncing the move as nuclear terrorism. An alliance of 31 anti-nuclear and environmental civic groups in South Korea issued a statement expressing resentment [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Tuesday expressed strong regret over Japan’s decision to release contaminated water into the sea from its wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant. Tokyo announced earlier in the day that it plans to start releasing massive amounts of radioactive water, which has been stored in tanks at the [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — LG CNS Co., an IT service arm of South Korea’s LG Group, said Monday its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered English education service has been launched in Japan as the company eyes to expand its overseas presence with its latest AI solutions. AI Speak Tutor, LG CNS’ AI-based learning app, was [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A Japanese right-wing activist indicted by South Korean prosecutors on charges of defaming former Korean sex slavery victims again failed to show up in a Seoul court Friday, resulting in an indefinite postponement of his trial process. The Seoul Central District Court opened a hearing on the case of [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Five years have passed since the Japanese government enacted legislation to prevent hate speech, but Korean compatriots in Japan are still exposed to everyday discrimination. The Korean Resident Union in Japan conducted a survey of 1,497 Korean compatriots currently studying at high school, university, and graduate school in Japan [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) – A new Japanese single by global K-pop sensation BTS has topped iTunes charts in 97 countries and regions, the group’s agency said Sunday. According to Big Hit Music, “Film Out” also debuted at No. 1 on Oricon’s daily digital singles chart in Japan, with 23,344 downloads. The single also [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A Japanese elementary school textbook published about a century ago did not define the easternmost Korean islets of Dokdo as Japanese territory, a Seoul-based public foundation said Wednesday. The state-funded Northeast Asian History Foundation disclosed the old Japanese geography textbook printed in 1904 at a seminar of history experts [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of South Koreans want to visit Japan, a survey showed Sunday. The Japan Press Research Institute conducted a survey of 1,000 people each from South Korea, China, the United States, France, and Thailand to come up with the said results, Kyodo News reported. Asked if they [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Right-wing extremists in Japan are stepping up to protect J. Mark Ramseyer, a Japanese legal studies professor at Harvard University who has claimed that sex slaves held captive by the Japanese military during World War II were ‘contractual prostitutes’. Extremists are attempting to create a sentiment against calls to [...]