SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will provide US$3 million worth of humanitarian assistance to Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture to help the region cope with the aftermath of an earthquake that killed more than 200 people, the foreign ministry said Thursday. The government hopes the aid will help with the region’s recovery efforts and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Co. said Tuesday its flights connecting Incheon and Japan’s western prefecture of Ishikawa have been delayed after a major earthquake struck off Japan’s west coast the previous day. According to the company, flight KE775 from Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, to Komatsu Airport in Ishikawa was [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — TWICE will hold a concert at Nissan Stadium in Japan in July, JYP Entertainment said Friday, becoming the first K-pop girl group to perform there. Nissan Stadium, also known as the International Stadium of Yokohama, is Japan’s largest stadium with 75,000 seats. Previously, K-pop duo TVXQ! held a concert [...]
TOKYO, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – On December 25, it was reported that the Japanese government is actively working to broaden its exports of scallops, redirecting its focus to South Korea. This move comes in response to China’s comprehensive ban on Japanese seafood imports, triggered by the release of contaminated water (referred to as “treated water” [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld two appellate court rulings that ordered Japanese companies to compensate South Koreans forced into wartime labor during Japan’s 1910-1945 colonial rule. The top court handed down the decisions on two damages suits filed against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and Nippon Steel Corp. between [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – K-beauty products are surging in popularity in the Japanese market, with various Korean brands riding the Hallyu or Korean Wave trend. While Japanese consumers have traditionally favored domestic beauty brands, Korean companies are making significant strides in the mid-priced cosmetics sector, particularly in color cosmetics. According to the Japan Imported [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will thoroughly review Japan’s application for the listing of Buddhist scriptures, printed with ancient Korean Buddhist wooden printing blocks, on the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Memory of the World Register, the foreign ministry said Thursday. The move came as the Japanese government is pushing [...]
BUSAN, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea, China and Japan agreed Sunday to accelerate preparations to resume the long-stalled summit among the leaders of the three countries at an “earliest, mutually convenient” time, Seoul’s Foreign Minister Park Jin said. Park made the remarks after holding the tripartite talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The top diplomats of South Korea, China and Japan will hold trilateral talks in the southeastern port city of Busan this weekend, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Friday, amid fresh tensions after North Korea’s launch of a military spy satellite. Foreign Minister Park Jin will meet with Chinese Foreign Minister [...]
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida voiced hope for closer cooperation between their countries as they met on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit on Thursday. The two leaders met at a hotel in San Francisco, marking their seventh [...]