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[Kobiz Feature] The Age of Porridge Has Come

[Kobiz Feature] The Age of Porridge Has Come

  SEOUL, Korea, Nov 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The College Scholastic Ability Test for the 2014 academic year has ended on November 7. The once-a-year exam is a big national event in which everyone is affected in one way or another. Trading on the nation’s stock market was delayed for an hour, opening at 10 am, instead [...]

[Kobiz Feature] Korea Offers Best Highway Rest Areas in the World

[Kobiz Feature] Korea Offers Best Highway Rest Areas in the World

SEOUL, Korea, Nov 11 (Korea Bizwire) –South Korea, a small country of a little over 100,000 square kilometers equivalent to that of Serbia, is crisscrossed with highways and artery roads long and short, with so many rest areas all along the way. Unlike most rest areas elsewhere that provide bare-bones services such as rest rooms, outdoor tables [...]

[Kobiz Feature]  The Age of No Tie Has Come

[Kobiz Feature] The Age of No Tie Has Come

SEOUL, Korea, Nov 08 (Korea Bizwire) – Last summer when the temperature went up over 35 degrees Celsius, it was not uncommon to see office workers wearing no tie and casual attire. This was not just limited to those working in some entrepreneurial firms but widespread among those hired in the financial services sector and state-run enterprises. [...]

[Kobiz Feature] Environmentally Friendly Offerings Flooding the Market

[Kobiz Feature] Environmentally Friendly Offerings Flooding the Market

SEOUL, Korea, Nov 06 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of patients suffering from the condition of atopic dermatitis, a form of chronic inflammation of the skin with symptoms of severe itchiness, is on the rise rapidly. Believed to be caused by deteriorating air quality, it affects people of all age groups including small babies and children. According [...]

Three Good-looking Guys in Nike Commercial

SEOUL, Korea, Nov 06 (Korea Bizwire) -  National football team’s ace Lee Chung Yong (Bolton Wanderers FC), Korean Basketball League MVP for the 2012-2013 season Kim Sun-Hyung (SK Knights), and jack-of-all-trades singer Jay Park have together appeared on a Nike commercial. The three celebrities showed off their own fashion styles with Nike winter outerwear on. The scenes [...]