Korea Creative Content Agency Earns Top Shared-Growth Rating for Fourth Straight Year The Korea Creative Content Agency said Tuesday it received a top rating for the fourth consecutive year in the Ministry of SMEs and Startups’ 2025 evaluation of shared growth by public institutions. Among 133 institutions assessed, the agency maintained the highest grade and posted the top score among other public institutions, it said. The agency credited efforts including building an innovation ecosystem for the content industry using artificial intelligence; creating a cooperation frame April 29, 2026

Samsung Biologics Labor Dispute Nears Strike, Raising Calls for Balanced Solution Samsung Biologics’ labor dispute has moved toward a strike, with disruptions already reported in some processes and the possibility of a broader walkout being discussed. The issue should not be dismissed as a routine company dispute, but it also should not be exaggerated into a “national crisis.” The central task is to uphold the principle of autonomous bargaining at a private company while finding a balanced approach that accounts for potential spillover effects across the industry. First, April 29, 2026

U.S. intelligence weighs Iran response if Trump declares unilateral victory, sources say U.S. intelligence agencies are analyzing how Iran might respond if President Donald Trump were to declare a unilateral victory, as political pressure grows with the war dragging on, according to a Reuters report. Reuters, citing U.S. government officials, reported April 28 local time that intelligence officials are reviewing the potential fallout if Trump declares victory in the roughly two-month war with Iran. The report said the analysis, requested by senior administration officials, is April 29, 2026

South Korea’s Business Succession Bill Needs Market Fixes, Not Just Tax Breaks Small and midsize businesses in South Korea are disappearing — and not only because they are losing money. Even profitable firms with strong technology are shutting down. Owners are aging, there is no successor, and even when they try to sell to a third party, suitable buyers often do not emerge. Discussion of a proposed “special act on business succession,” raised by the Democratic Party’s Euljiro Committee, starts from that reality. The direction is right, but whether the prescription is suffi April 29, 2026

DB HiTek to Showcase Next-Gen SiC and GaN Power Chip Processes at PCIM 2026 DB HiTek said Tuesday it will take part in PCIM 2026, Europe’s largest power semiconductor exhibition, to be held June 9-11 in Nuremberg, Germany, where it plans to present its latest technology. In its second consecutive year at the show, the company will share the latest development status of silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) processes, which it described as next-generation power semiconductors. DB HiTek also plans to discuss cooperation with customers in Europe, focus April 29, 2026

LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil says Busan event will blend golf and entertainment LIV Golf, launched in 2022 and backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, has sought to reshape the sport by pairing competition with entertainment. The effort is led by CEO Scott O’Neil, a sports marketing executive who took the job in January last year. LIV Golf will return to South Korea this year with its second event in the country. After holding its first Korea tournament last year in Songdo, Incheon, the tour will stage “LIV Golf Korea 2026” from May 28 to 31 at Busan Asiad C April 29, 2026

South Korea Navy Names First Female Senior Enlisted Adviser, Highlighting Broader Shift A milestone in South Korea’s Navy history was marked with the appointment of its first female senior enlisted adviser. The Navy named Master Chief Petty Officer Hwang Ji-hyeon to the symbolic post of senior enlisted adviser at the Maritime Operations Command. Hwang, commissioned as a noncommissioned officer in 2006, has repeatedly set “firsts,” including serving as a training company commander and advancing in shipboard specialties, the column said. It described her appointment as more than a r April 29, 2026

Gyeonggi governor candidate Cho Eung-cheon says Choo Mi-ae has 'no attack points' against him Cho Eung-cheon, the Reform Party’s candidate for Gyeonggi governor, said Tuesday that Democratic Party candidate Choo Mi-ae would be “the easiest” opponent and “not uncomfortable,” adding that she would have “no attack points” against him. Cho made the remarks on YTN Radio’s “Jang Seong-cheol’s News Myeongdang” when asked whether he found Choo a difficult rival. Cho said the key question was whether a candidate had given serious thought to Gyeonggi Province, and said that when he watche April 29, 2026

SK Networks Expands Hands-On Programs, Executive Forums to Strengthen Workplace Culture SK Networks is expanding hands-on employee programs and executive communication events as it pushes to build what it calls a company that grows together. The company said the effort goes beyond benefits, aiming to strengthen interaction and collaboration among employees through workplace culture. The company said it recently held a “carnation candle-making” event ahead of Family Month and Parents’ Day, allowing employees to create gifts for their parents. Earlier, during the Lunar New Yea April 29, 2026

Lee Dong-gun in Talks to Join JTBC’s ‘Divorce Consideration Camp’ After Jin Tae-hyun Exit Actor Lee Dong-gun has been offered a role on JTBC’s “Divorce Consideration Camp” and is reviewing the proposal, according to reports. If he joins, he is expected to fill the spot left by actor Jin Tae-hyun. DongA.com reported on the 29th that Lee was initially said to have completed the show’s first recording last Saturday, but it was later confirmed he has only been approached to appear. His agency, W Plus Entertainment, said, “It is true he received an offer to appear on ‘Divorce Cons April 29, 2026