SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s transport ministry said Wednesday it is seeking to increase the number of flights on non-Japanese routes as part of efforts to help airlines suffering lower travel demand to Japan. The government is in talks with the aviation authorities in Singapore, Indonesia and Brunei to supply more flights [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of South Koreans want the government to push ahead with its decision not to renew a military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, a poll showed Monday. Seoul decided in August to end the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) amid disputes over trade and wartime history. The [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court held the first hearing Wednesday on a compensation suit filed by Korean victims of Japan’s wartime sex slavery. The move comes roughly three years after 20 plaintiffs, including victims and family members of deceased victims, filed the case against the Japanese government with the Seoul Central [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has found that South Koreans eat more Japanese “natto” than Korean cheonggukjang, a traditional fermented soybean stew. According to a recent study conducted by the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation, the market for cheonggukjang in South Korea was 93.5 billion won (US$8.08 million) last year, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Japanese beer brands and Uniqlo, major companies affected by the boycott movement in South Korea, are taking desperate measures for survival. Lotte Asahi Liquor Co, the official importer of Asahi beer, has lowered beer prices by 30 percent. Sapporo beer importer M’s Beverage also lowered prices for its beer [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Uniqlo, a Japanese fashion retailer targeted by the boycott movement in South Korea following Japan’s restrictions on exports to the country, has suffered a plunge in sales despite massive discount offers. Rep. Park Kwang-on reported based on a compilation of data collected from eight credit card companies in South [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Japan implemented research on the extent of Korean labor resources on the Korean Peninsula that could be forcibly taken overseas during World War II as part of its war efforts, according to documents released by the National Archives of Korea on Thursday. The Japanese Government General of Korea sent [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Koreans staying at hotels and tourist inns in Japan halved in August from a year earlier, data showed Thursday, amid boycott campaign against Japanese products stemming from bitter feuds over trade and history. The Japan Tourism Agency said the number of South Koreans at such [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Japan needs to apologize to South Korea in a “convincing” manner over its past wrongdoings as Germany did to Poland, renowned American professor and author Jared Diamond said Thursday. His suggestion came as South Kore and Japan are trapped in one of the worst diplomatic rows in their modern [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Hundreds of people, including victims of Japan’s forced labor during World War II, held rallies in Seoul on Wednesday demanding Tokyo’s apology, marking the first anniversary of a landmark ruling that soured ties between the two countries. On Oct. 30 last year, the Supreme Court here upheld a 2013 [...]