SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A lovely rendition of Italian carmaker Fiat’s Cinquecento city car in a fridge has appeared on Daegu Department Store’s ninth floor. Ever thought of pulling out a refreshing soda can from under the beautiful retro hood of a Fiat? SMEG’s Fiat 500 is a small retro refrigerator in the form [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Gujwa-eup Office in Jeju is discarding 4,000 tons of carrots farmed at 100 local farms, totaling 100 ha, in order to stabilize souring carrot prices resulting from overproduction. The carrot farmers will be financially supported for discarding their harvests, and are expected to be compensated 1 million won (US$ 920) [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motors is holding an exhibit entitled ‘Brilliant Memories’ from January 28 to February 17 at Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul. Hyundai Motors has been unfolding, from last October, a promotional campaign entitled ‘Brilliant Memories’, in which the company selects customers’ personal stories related to Hyundai’s cars and then works with [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Big Bang rapper G-Dragon attended Chanel’s 2015 S/S Haute Couture Collection at the Grand Palais, Paris on January 27. He also attended Chanel’s 2015 S/S Collection last fall, and his presence at these shows has cemented his ‘fashionista’ place in the world. G-Dragon wore a tweed jacket from Chanel’s 2014/2015 Cruise [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean government is planning to introduce a state-run test for the qualification of child day-care teachers amidst the recent public anger caused by an employee who physically abused children at her day-care center. According to a plan devised by the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MW), day-care workers will have [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Gimhae Arts and Sports Center’s Yunseul Gallery is holding an exhibit entitled ‘Asia Independent Art’ until the end of February, announced the gallery on January 27. The painting above, titled ‘AK47girl-wave,’ is by Taiwanese artist Chen Ching-Yao, and is one of the works featured in the exhibition. Some controversies arose [...]
ULSAN, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Three artificially hatched eagle-owls flew back from man-made nests to nature in Ulsan on January 27. Their mother was found brooding over her eggs at a landfill in Ulju-gun, Ulsan in February 2014. The Ulsan Wild Animal Rescue Center since has been taking care of the mother and her eggs since [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — MCM unveiled its 2015 spring/summer collection called ‘Game on! Diamond Land!’ at their flagship store Kunsthalle in Nonhyeon-dong, Seoul on January 27. The new collection is full of vitality, with eye-catching geometric patterns and bold colors on totes and backpacks creating a distinct look for the whole collection. Strong and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Korea is launching a new menu item called ‘Urinara Ok.Go.Gam.’ The dish translates into ‘Korea’s Corn, Sweet Potatoes and Potatoes’ and is composed of a corn, a sweet potato and a potato farmed in Gangwondo and Jeollabukdo, and served warm in a package. The 3,800 won meal is a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The entertaining music and flavors of Jamaican culture, represented by Bob Marley, a legendary reggae singer-songwriter from Jamaica, hope to keep a hum going at a café in one of South Korea’s busiest and wealthiest business districts: Gangnam in southern Seoul. Rohan Marley, son of Bob Marley and founder/chairman of Marley [...]