SEOUL, South Korea, Aug 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics hosted a tree planting ceremony and concert to celebrate the cultivation of the ‘Forest of Wind’ at Seoul Grand Park in cooperation with the Korea Energy Management Corporation (KEMCO) on August 17. Officials from both companies and Seoul Grand Park, and figure skating star Kim [...]
Seoul, Korea, August 16 (Korea Bizwire) – With hot weather forecast to continue into early September, many women and men are working out and managing their body figures. However, it is not easy exercising in the hot outdoors and repeated routines can get boring. Now, more people are taking up paddleboarding as a new and fun way [...]
Seoul, Korea, August 16 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics is holding a ‘G2 Street Trend Festa’ for 11 days from August 8 to 18 to celebrate the release of the new ‘LG G2’ smartphone on Garosu Road in Apgujeong, the fashion central of Seoul’s Gangnam. In collaboration with more than 30 popular restaurants, fashion boutiques, and beauty [...]
Cheongwon, Korea, August 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation (NIFDS) at the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) announced the release of the ‘Guidebook on the comparison of different responses to drugs for different races/people for the development of personalized medication.’ The guidebook was prepared to provide the public [...]
Daegu, Korea, August 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The Province of North Gyeongsang held the ‘2013 secondary language competition for children from multi-cultured families’ on August 14 to help the children better understand the culture of their parents and to improve their language skills. More than 38 teams participated in this year’s competition competing in seven different languages [...]
Seoul, Korea, August 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Students and young adults in every country have one or two experiences of part-time jobs during their summer vacations. There are some nice, comfortable, and worthwhile jobs but not all of us are that lucky. Here are two interesting survey results from two giants of Korean online job search portals, showing [...]
Seoul, Korea, August 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The nationwide heat wave is causing the economy and industry to fear a massive power shortage and possible blackout. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy has issued emergency countermeasures to prepare for an incident in which the electric power reserve ratio drops to a certain critical level. Computer and network [...]
Seoul, Korea, August 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Three new baristas were certified and will begin work at the ‘My Espresso Café,’ the first café for the homeless supported by the City Government of Seoul. These professional coffee makers were trained by the city government as part of its self-support program for the homeless, a program that has previously [...]
New York, August 13, 2013 (Korea Bizwire) – The ‘Focus on Korea’ event is part of ‘ContemporAsian’ film series, which selects critically acclaimed Korean films, highlighting current social issues, injustice and human nature. The films amplify distinctive narrative skills from some of Korea’s insightful and penetrative renegade filmmakers. National Security, which will have its New [...]
New York, August 06, 2013 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean War was a destructive conflict that divided not only a nation, but also the entire world, marking the beginning of the split between East and West, a period that would be known as the Cold War. Though the war ended in a ceasefire signed in 1953, [...]