SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) – While visiting the Hanok (Korean traditional house) Village in Jeonju, Charles Hay, the British Ambassador to Korea, could not hide his amazement at its splendid beauty ...

SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) is planning to reintroduce a civics test into the nation’s naturalization requirements for foreign spouses of Korean citizens. The MOJ ...

SEJONG, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s customs agency said Tuesday it has detected 8.2 trillion won (US$6.31 billion) worth of illegal trade activities, such as smuggling and violations of ...

SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will cut tariffs and place emergency controls on the production and provision of urea solution, Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said Thursday, to ease the ...

SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – As South Korea prepares for an unprecedented milestone of 10 million elderly citizens, the government has unveiled a sweeping set of measures aimed at enhancing ...

HONG KONG, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — SWIVEL Software announced today, at the 3PL Value Creation Asia Summit in Hong Kong, the launch of SWIVEL 360™, a Logistics Control Tower that can provide both ...

SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese nationals accounted for over 60 percent of apartment purchases by foreign nationals in South Korea since 2015, a government report showed Monday. According to ...

SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Lotte Department Store, one of the country’s major department store chain operators, announced Wednesday that it will introduce a ‘shop-alone service’ for customers who ...

SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. could be required to pay additional corporate taxes due to an accounting error, industry sources here said Monday. The total that the tech ...

SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of passengers using South Korea’s railroad services tumbled nearly 40 percent in the first nine months of the year due to the impact of the coronavirus ...

SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — On her way home from work, Lim Kyung-nan, a mother of two living in Anyang, occasionally borrows books from a smart library, an unmanned book-rental machine, usually ...

SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group said Wednesday it will invest US$5 million in a U.S. vehicle research and development center, a move aimed at helping it develop next-generation ...