SEOUL, Apr. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — History shows that when politics meets football, something bad happens. South Korea’s Gyeongnam FC recently learned that lesson the hard way, even though they weren’t the main actors in the story. Gyeongnam, last year’s runners-up in the top-tier K League 1, were penalized by the nation’s pro football league [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean football club Gyeongnam FC were penalized by the nation’s pro football league operator Tuesday after they failed to stop a political party campaigning inside their home stadium last week. The K League discipline committee meted out a fine of 20 million won (US$17,590) against Gyeongnam for not [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The vague definition of gender violence in South Korea continues to be a hotly-debated topic, with a high-profile politician’s lack of knowledge of the term adding fuel to the fire. The debate over the term ‘gender violence’ is back in the spotlight after Hong Jun-pyo, the chairperson of the main [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government is set to give drone enthusiasts the green light to fly unmanned aerial vehicles after sundown, after lawmakers passed a bill to lift the ban on drone flights during the night. The aviation safety and security reform bill proposed by lawmaker Kim Sung-tae, a member [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A major opposition lawmaker has introduced bills to raise taxes on heat-not-burn (HNB) cigarettes, amid concerns that the smoke-free tobacco emits harmful substances. Rep. Kim Gwang-lim of the major opposition Liberty Korea Party presented a proposal earlier in the month that would slap the new products with the same [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s three political parties on Wednesday hammered out a joint draft revision of the Constitution that calls for a shift from the current single-term, five-year presidency to a two-term, four-year presidency, party officials said. The proposal also envisions a power-sharing structure in which the president as the head [...]