DAEGU, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The southeastern city of Daegu is set to hold the unveiling ceremony of a statue of former President Park Chung-hee on a plaza in front of its main train station Monday amid protests from opponents denouncing him as a dictator. The Daegu metropolitan government headed by conservative Mayor Hong [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The biopic “Park Chung-hee: The Man Who Dreamed of an Economic Powerhouse” is a live capture release of a theater musical about the former South Korean president credited with rebuilding the country after the devastation of the 1950-53 Korean War but decried as a dictator. The movie opens with [...]
GUMI, South Korea, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – A fire broke out around 3:15 p.m. Thursday at the birthplace of late South Korean leader Park Chung-hee – the father of controversy-embroiled current President Park Geun-hye. According to officials, the fire was extinguished within 10 minutes, but it destroyed the memorial hall that displayed the late [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Former President Kim Young-sam, who formally ended decades of military rule in South Korea and accepted a massive international bailout during the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis, died Sunday. He was 88. Kim, who had been hospitalized with fever and breathing problems since Thursday, died at 12:21 a.m., according to [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States believed late former South Korean President Park Chung-hee, father of current President Park Geun-hye, was neither an opportunist or a communist, according to a declassified 1961 CIA report. The daily intelligence report to the president, which was dated on July 19, 1961, came two months after [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent job posting on a recruiting site that excluded job seekers from a certain region is causing controversy. On December 3, the recruiting site posted a job offer from Namyang Industry, a top-tier partner company of Hyundai-Kia Motor Group, seeking male applicants for work in auto parts factories. [...]