SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Legislative efforts to end dog meat consumption in South Korea are picking up speed amid rare political unity following the presidential office’s outspoken support for ending the centuries-old practice. Calls to end the practice are not new in South Korea, where butchering or eating dog meat is neither explicitly [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea on Monday denounced the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for criticizing Pyongyang’s nuclear development, calling it a “conspiracy between the U.S. and its followers.” At the 67th IAEA General Conference in Vienna, Austria, last week, IAEA member states adopted a resolution urging the recalcitrant regime to suspend [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Shin-Hanul 2 nuclear reactor in southern South Korea began a six-month test operation this month to go into full operation next March, according to a state-run nuclear power agency Monday. The 1.4 gigawatt reactor in the coastal county of Uljin, some 215 kilometers southeast of Seoul, was loaded [...]
BERLIN, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho has warned that North Korea’s vicious cycle of receiving assistance and breaking off agreements will “no longer work” under the current administration of President Yoon Suk Yeol. Kim made the remarks at a conference hosted by the Berlin chapter of the Peaceful Unification Advisory Council [...]
GOKSEONG, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – As the concept of “workcation” gains popularity among MZers (Millennials and Generation Z) seeking a better work-life balance, major tourist destinations like Jeju are actively vying to establish themselves as premier “workcation spots.” Jeju, known for its robust tourism industry, has emerged as a prominent workcation destination. The Jeju Provincial [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government has announced plans to create a hub in Poland for exporting defense products to Europe. The Ministry of National Defense is looking to set up a Defense Cooperation Center in Poland, which will serve as a base to expand defense exports to Europe, as stated by [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Amid the deepening low fertility crisis and record-low birth rates, there is a growing focus on using public financial resources to support egg freezing for women of childbearing age. This is a desperate measure to reverse the declining birth rate, but it seems necessary to reach a social consensus on [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The first and second trial courts had differing judgments on whether illegal filming in women’s restrooms in a building frequently accessed by children and teenagers qualifies as producing sexually exploitative material. The first trial court ruled that videos created by filming the bodies of victims, which could cause sexual humiliation, [...]
SUWON, Oct 1 (Korea Bizwire) –Gyeonggi Province announced on Friday its intention to implement a ‘crowd management system’ starting in November, in direct response to the tragic crowd incident that occurred during the Seoul Halloween celebration on October 29th last year. This crowd management system is designed to utilize data from mobile phone base stations [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Police have launched a probe into the suicide death of an elementary school teacher in Uijeongbu, just north of Seoul, for possible harassment by parents, nearly two years after his school reported the death merely as a fall, officials said Sunday. The Uijeongbu Police Station has recently opened a [...]