SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) is launching 15,000 sets of Lunar New Year gift boxes composed of foreign currency bills. The gift sets will be sold on a limited basis, starting from February 4, and will only be available for purchase at KEB branches. Korean elders have a custom of giving [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Koreans are on an exodus to the land of MVNO discount phone services, fleeing from mobile network operators such as SKT and KT. According to a report from the Korea Telecommunications Operators Association (KTOA) on February 2, the number of added net subscribers of MVNOs reached 64,500 in January alone, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Jung Yong-Hwa has proven his massive popularity in China, as his album has remained in the number 1 spot on China’s Gaon Weibo Weekly Chart for 11 consecutive weeks. The album also ranked first on the Weibo Monthly Chart with a 99.48 score, and on the real-time hot Weibo chart [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The Protecting Korea Project, a Korean NGO established to secure food security for Korea and solve world famine and poverty through organic farming in overseas lands, has been also leading an unprecedentedly massive organic farming project in Brazil. About 30 young Koreans are developing the 119 sq km organic farm [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Turtleneck sweaters are ‘in’ again these days. They were once à la mode in Korea during the early years of the new millennium, and are now gaining increased popularity in fashion circles. According to fashion industry experts, several male celebrities such as Lee Jong-Suk, Lee Min-Ho and Kim Young-kwang have [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Metropolitan Government is preserving not only traditional historic buildings but also soon-to-be historical spots that marked important places in Korea’s contemporary history. The Seoul government announced on February 1 that it has so far selected 350 spots in Seoul that should be preserved for future generations. The government has [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Although 3,648,000 tons of milk were consumed in 2014, marking the highest milk consumption rate ever in Korea, the amount of milk for inventory was also the largest in 2014 due to the rise of imported milk products on the Korean market. The amount of milk for inventory reached 232,000 tons in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Fissler Korea is holding a special exhibition of steel arts, in celebration of its 170th anniversary, on the 8th floor of the Lotte Department Store Main Branch until February 5. Steel artworks in the exhibition entitled ‘Fissler Heritage Lounge’ are reflective of the history of innovation in Fissler’s cookware that [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of stray animals rescued by Seoul city government agencies in 2014 dropped below 10,000 for the first time in 6 years. According to an announcement on February 1, the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s animal rescue agencies saved 6,644 dogs, 2,618 cats and 291 other animals, totaling 9,533 animals last [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Six out of ten Korean businesses expected that currently low oil prices would produce positive effects, such as reduced production costs and sales increases. By industry, the automobile and textile industries showed high expectations, but the shipbuilding, E&C and petrochemical sectors expected losses to result from the low price of oil. [...]