SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – In the lead up to South Korea’s Liberation Day, the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) found itself embroiled in an unexpected controversy over the display of the Japanese flag at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul. The debate began when fans learned that Shirukawa Keisho, a 23-year-old Japanese pitcher for the Doosan [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Independence fighter groups and opposition party lawmakers boycotted the government’s Liberation Day ceremony Thursday to separately commemorate the holiday in protest over the appointment of the new head of a national independence museum. The Heritage of Korean Independence (HKI), a state-funded association of independence fighters and their descendants, held [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will confer state medals and awards on 121 late independence fighters, including those who were based in Cuba, to honor their courage in the resistance movement against Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula, the veterans ministry said Wednesday. The independence fighters will be posthumously awarded [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Marking the 78th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japan’s colonial rule, Starbucks Korea revealed its plans on Monday to introduce a line of products celebrating Liberation Day, starting from Tuesday. These offerings will showcase traditional Korean design elements, with items like mother-of-pearl coasters, exquisite mother-of-pearl boxes, and elegantly designed [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean national flag, Taegeukgi, now hangs near the Charging Bull, a landmark statue on Wall Street. The Asian American Youth Council, a group of Korean American youths in the U.S. eastern states, held a flag-raising ceremony for the South Korean national flag on Broadway in Manhattan in [...]
SEOUL, Aug 12 (Korea Bizwire) – President Park Geun-hye granted special pardons to a high-profile businessman and more than 4,870 people, many of who were convicted of non-violent, petty crimes, on Friday, three days ahead of Liberation Day. The list of the beneficiaries was finalized during an extraordinary Cabinet meeting Park presided over at the [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul city government said Wednesday it will install a large-scale national flag made of flowers at a square in central Seoul to celebrate the 71st anniversary of South Korea’s liberation from Japan’s colonial rule. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said it is planning to set up a Taegeukgi standing [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s No. 3 conglomerate SK Group said Monday it plans to have all its affiliates adopt a new wage system by next year, in line with the government’s effort to boost the labor market. Under the wage peak system, employees accept a reduced salary in exchange for working for [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – President Park Geun-hye granted special pardons Thursday to high-profile businessmen and more than 6,500 others ahead of Liberation Day. “I decided to grant special pardons in order to help forge national reconciliation and revitalize the economy as well as to boost people’s spirits,” Park said in a Cabinet meeting. The [...]