SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) -The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Friday that it has opened a website that provides information on medical tourism programs in the city in four languages. The Medical Tour Seoul web site (http://medicaltourseoul.com) aims to help foreigners coming to the city for medical tours in English, Chinese, Japanese and Russian, according [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Famous Korean snacks have captivated the taste buds of Asian consumers, making overseas sales more important for local confectionery companies grappling with slower growth on home turf, data showed Friday. Major Korean confectionery companies are increasingly setting their sights on a wider market after seeing robust growth in China [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The majority of suicides in South Korea take place outside the home, which is in stark contrast to other countries where people opt to die at home, an international study showed on Friday. The report, published in the latest issue of the journal Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) - Samsung Electronics Co.’s new flagship smartphone, presumably the Galaxy S7, is set to be showcased at a tech exhibition slated for February, an industry source said Friday, with the device expected to put more emphasis on performance over design. The South Korean tech giant will reveal the new Galaxy at [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Online payments using mobile devices have continued to rise in South Korea this year thanks to the widespread use of smartphones and easier transaction options tailored for tech-savvy consumers, industry data showed Friday. 11th Street and GMarket, the nation’s two leading open market operators, received about half of their [...]
SEOUL, Dec.11 (Korea Bizwire) – COEX will accelerate the development of its surrounding area into a global MICE (Meeting · Incentives · Convention · Events and Exhibition) base, starting next year. Byun Bo-kyung, the CEO of COEX, commented at a press conference held on December 10 that the company will be rebranding COEX as a [...]
HONGCHEON, Dec.11 (Korea Bizwire) – A ribbon cutting ceremony was held to celebrate the completion of Hongcheon Eco-friendly Energy Town, which is composed of unwanted public facilities such as manure treatment plants. A total of 500 guests, including Minister of Environment Yoon Sung-gyu, Gangwon Province Governor Choi Mun-soon, and Korea Environment Corporation Chairman Lee Si-jin. [...]
SEOUL, Dec.11 (Korea Bizwire) – Products from Orion, the Korean confectionary company, will be sold on trains and at train stations in China. For the next three years, Orion will exclusively sell Market O Real Brownies, Real Cheese Chips, Real Cracker Chocolate, Dr. You Energy bars and Kids Cookies in compartments and train stations run [...]
SEOUL, Dec.11 (Korea Bizwire) – Pamily, a business that provides various pet-related services, has announced the launch of a website that connects dog walkers with pet owners. Dog walking services are already a familiar business in the U.S. and England, and the popularity of ‘dog walkers’ who walk, exercise and train pets is increasing. Pamily [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s trade minister met Friday with members of the European Chamber of Commerce in Korea (ECCK) to exchange views on how best to improve business investment conditions in the country. At the breakfast meeting in Seoul, outlined to European businessmen measures taken by the government to ease restrictions [...]