SEOUL, Mar. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Three individuals in Daegu suspected of distributing leaflets denouncing President Park Geun-Hye admitted that they sent a bag of dog food to the Daegu Suseong Police Station, which had earlier summoned them for questioning regarding the leaflets, according to an online post written by one of the three on March 4. The [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — An eighteen-year-old intern’s suicide following physical and verbal abuse from his co-worker at a CJ Cheiljedang plant has been recognized as an occupational hazard by the Korea Workers’ Compensation & Welfare Service (COMWEL), said the Korean Federation of Construction Industry Trade Unions (KFCITU) on March 4. This is the first recognition of [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Shinhan Card has introduced a ‘Self FDS (Fraud Detection System)’ service available in overseas countries for the first time among Korean banks, said the company on March 4. The current FDS service employed by Shinhan Card was conducted by a pattern analyzing program which detects any abnormalities based on accumulated transaction data. [...]
Seoul, Mar. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — After the Constitutional Court’s decision to repeal the anti-adultery law in Korea, it appears that victimized wives and husbands mourning the death of the anti-adultery law might learn from a case that took place in Daegu. A woman in her twenties, who was having an affair with a married man, was [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea’s law on intangible cultural assets has been modified in order to allow for a more flexible process of inheritance and the proliferation of cultural legacy, which can be in accord with UNESCO’s standard on intangible cultural assets. The Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea (CHA) said on March 4 that the [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — On March 3, a vendors’ union in Chengju’s food district dedicated to grilled pork belly restaurants held a free tasting party for 500 people to celebrate Samgyeopsal (pork belly meat) Day, a fairly new observance in Korea. Samgyeopsal, which is one of Koreans’ favorite dinner choices for late night gatherings, translates [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A park dedicated to animation characters will be opened this month at the Animation Museum in Chuncheon. The park will embrace animation figures including characters from the successful animation Goorumbbang, and a real size house which is a rendition of home the characters live in. Visitors will be able to walk [...]
Seoul, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD) is talking with the city of Incheon to join a 3.6 billion dollar business town project called ‘Future City’ in Incheon’s Gumdan district. Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok accepted a letter from Khalifa Al Daboos, Deputy CEO of the IDC, on March 3 in Dubai. Gumdan Future City will [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A Hiking Association from the Gangneung Council of Sport For All has developed a 8.8 kilometer coffee-themed hiking course linking Daegwallyeong Rest Stop, Wangsan Mountain and a coffee museum in Wangsang-myeon, said the association on March 2. Hikers can breathe in fresh air with the smell of roasted coffee beans as [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Daishin Asset Management has announced the launch of its UBP Asia Consumer Fund, which will specialize in retail and consumer sectors targeting women, Chinese tourists, and customers looking for unisex goods, in collaboration with Swiss private bank UBP’s research analysts. The UBP Asia Consumer Fund’s portfolio will be composed of domestic [...]