SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Two sheep have taken up residence in a coffee shop called Yang Café (Sheep Café) in Seogyo-dong, Seoul. There are many cat cafés and dog cafés in Korea, but the sheep café marks a departure from coffee shops featuring common domesticated pets. Yang Café has recently adopted two sheep [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean musical “Hero” was performed at Huanqiu Theater, China National Convention Center in Harbin, China on February 7 and 8, according to the Harbin Daily on February 8. The musical tells the story of independence activist Ahn Jung-geun, who assassinated Ito Hirobumi, the four-time Prime Minister of Japan, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean singer and actor Park Yu-chun had a successful fan-meeting event at the Beijing Olympic Sports Center on February 4, according to an announcement from Park’s agency C-Jes Entertainment on February 8. The fan-meeting event entitled ’2015 Park Yuchun Fanmeeting Tour Loving YU in China’ was held in a very special format, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government is planning to begin charging pet-owners for reclaiming their lost pets from city-run animal rescue agencies. According to an announcement on February 6, the city government is planning to reveal, in March, details of an amendment of existing laws on charging pet-owners who reclaim their [...]
SEOUL/SEJONG, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s tax earnings from the country’s 30 largest conglomerates are expected to shrink 15 percent this year, economic sources said Monday, as the business community claims rates are already high for a trade-dependent nation. Official data by Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) and corporate tracker Chaebul.com said the business groups [...]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States strongly supports academic freedom, the State Department said Sunday, as history scholars criticize Japan for pressuring an American textbook publisher to change the description of Tokyo’s sexual enslavement of Asian women during World War II. A group of American history scholars have issued a protest statement denouncing Japan’s [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s No. 2 chipmaker SK hynix saw its share of the NAND flash market rise in the fourth quarter of 2014 from three months earlier, narrowing its gap with industry leader Samsung Electronics, data showed Sunday. SK hynix saw its market share reach 11.4 percent in the October-December period, up [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Bolstered by its rising market share, British American Tobacco (BAT) Korea, is showcasing another marketing tactic: a compact cigarette pack at an ‘affordable’ price. BAT Korea announced on February 6 that it would launch a limited edition called Dunhill Pocket Pack, a 14-cigarette pack for 3,000 won (US$ 2.75). Although [...]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The International Monetary Fund predicted Friday that South Korea’s economy would expand 3.7 percent this year, down 0.3 percentage point from its earlier forecast. The forecast was included in the agency’s “Global Prospects and Policy Challenges” report submitted to a meeting of finance ministers and central bank chiefs of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — La Maison du Chocolat, the international luxury chocolatier, opened its first store on the first basement level of Shinsegae Department Store’s Main Branch in Sogong-dong, Korea on February 6. Highly refined chocolate treats made with the best quality cacao beans, and exquisite macarons are the main attractions of [...]