SEOUL, Jul. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite the anti-Japan sentiment prevalent in South Korea following Japan’s recent export restrictions, Japanese residents or visitors in South Korea feel more or less accepted in the country. Many Japanese residents or visitors in South Korea said they have no direct experience of being threatened by anti-Japanese sentiments in [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Thousands of protesters held a candlelight vigil in central Seoul on Saturday denouncing Japan for imposing export restrictions on South Korea and demanding an apology from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. About 5,000 activists representing 596 civic groups and citizens held candles in the northern part of the Gwanghwamun Square [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Eight out of 10 South Koreans are reluctant to buy Japanese-made products as public sentiment toward the neighboring country worsens following Tokyo’s move earlier this month to toughen rules on exports of semiconductor-related materials to South Korea, according to a survey released Friday. The survey, conducted by pollster Gallup [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid the widespread boycott following export restrictions imposed by Japan, the large discount store and convenience store industry decided to exclude Japanese products from its import beer discount promotions. Three major retailers – E-Mart, Lotte Mart and Homeplus – have effectively suspended new orders for Japanese beer as a [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 6 in 10 South Koreans are taking part in a boycott of Japanese products amid growing public resentment over Tokyo’s export restrictions, a poll showed Thursday. In the poll of 504 adults nationwide conducted Wednesday by pollster Realmeter, 62.8 percent said they were participating in the anti-Japanese [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has completed the nationalization of land worth an estimated 90 billion won (US$76.40 million) across the country that should have reverted to the state but was still registered under Japanese names following Japan’s 1910-45 colonization of Korea, government data showed Thursday. The data, submitted to Kang Byung-won, [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s OLED panel exports to Japan more than doubled to hit a record high last month, data showed Wednesday, bucking the trend of weakening global demand for displays. South Korea’s shipments of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels to Japan totaled US$13.2 million in June, skyrocketing 129.2 percent from [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s delivery service and market workers who are affiliated with the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, a militant labor umbrella group, on Wednesday declared their participation in the ongoing nationwide boycott of Japanese products. The Parcel Delivery Workers’ Solidarity Union and the Korean Mart Labor Union announced their [...]
BUSAN, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A Japanese civic group has held an event in South Korea for the 20th consecutive year as part of efforts to express remorse for Japan’s invasion of the Korean Peninsula, the group operating in Japan’s southwestern region of Kyushu said Tuesday. The group, known as the Executive Committee for [...]
GWANGJU, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A civic group supporting Korean victims of wartime forced labor on Tuesday filed an application with a local court against Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to order the sale of the Japanese firm’s assets seized in South Korea. The civic group announced the move against the Japanese firm at [...]