SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of patent applications for selfie sticks has rapidly increased this year. The applications have all been submitted by individuals, in a sign of mainstream interest in the suddenly popular monopod. This year, a total of eight selfie sticks are waiting for patent approval, which is significant considering [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean Air senior vice president Cho Hyun-ah, also known as Heather Cho, is at the center of controversy after she ordered a flight attendant off a plane while it was taxiing on a recent flight. On December 5 in the United States, the plane heading to Incheon from New York [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Kang So-ra, Korean actress who was on the news recently for wearing a 39,000 won dress in a music awards ceremony, was put on the limelight again for her appearance on lingerie photos in a magazine. In the October issue of the FirstLook magazine, Kang boasted her voluminous [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A technology to realize Korean cultural properties in virtual space has been developed by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. With floor plans of cultural asset buildings and three dimensional scan data, the ministry digitalized the traditional building materials of the properties. Considering the fact that existing technology [...]
In 2012, when Michael J Sandel visited Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, he was greeted by more than 13,000 students and citizens eager to have his lecture on the theme of “On What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets”. SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Michael Sandel, a Harvard University professor and the [...]
![[In-depth] Top Ten Fashion Trends in 2014 Selected by the Korea Fashion Association](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/nonagon.jpg "[In-depth] Top Ten Fashion Trends in 2014 Selected by the Korea Fashion Association")
One of the top ten trends prominent in the Korean fashion industry was a new phase of evolvement of the fashion business. Nonagon brand, a brainchild created from the marriage between YG Entertainment and Cheil Industries was an exemplary case for that matter. (image: YG Entertainment) SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – At the end [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Kang So-ra, Korean actress made famous for her appearance in a 2011 blockbuster Sunny, was recently put in the spotlight for her dress she wore in the 2014 Mnet Asian Music Awards held on December 3 in Hong Kong. Her sexy blue lace dress that looked a very expensive [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A mobile management game dubbed Idol Dream: Girls has been launched, according to NHN Entertainment on December 4. Real images of Korean K-pop girl groups including Miss A, Girl’s Generation, Secret, Sistar, After School, f(x) and Rainbow are featured in the game. Players can become producers, sign contracts with [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A growing number of Koreans insist that strong measures should be taken to improve taxi driver safety, following a spate of serious taxi crimes. Last month, a taxi driver was assaulted by a passenger in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province. When the driver tried to give change to the customer [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The soaring popularity of Volkswagen’s Tiguan has led to increased resale values for the SUV in the second-hand market. The Tiguan is now the biggest seller among used SUVs, according to SK Encar, Korea’s leading used auto trading company. Until the first half of 2014, the Jeep Wrangler and [...]