SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The U.S. streaming website Netflix has decided to cover all the expenses of “Okja,” an upcoming film by South Korean director Bong Joon-ho, his production studio said Tuesday. Netflix will invest $50 million in the project, which will be co-produced by Plan B Entertainment, an American film production studio [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s state-run financial institutions will check the profitability of large overseas construction projects and shipbuilding orders to prevent local companies from winning contracts that will lead to losses down the road, the government said Tuesday. In a meeting chaired by Finance Minister Choi Kyung-hwan in Seoul, senior officials [...]
SEOUL, Nov.10 (Korea Bizwire) – Hanwoo (Korean beef) will soon be heading overseas. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs revealed that the quarantine procedures to export domestic beef, including Hanwoo, to Hong Kong are in the final procedures. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, full-scale discussions with Hong Kong [...]
The proportion of those who have a distorted body image was 18.8 percent among females and 13.4 percent among males. (Image : Pixabay) SEOUL, Nov.10 (Korea Bizwire) – Under a social atmosphere that pressures Korean girls to have slender bodies, even young girls are forcing themselves to follow strict diets. In addition to teenagers, children [...]
SEOUL, Nov.10 (Korea Bizwire) - With uneasiness spreading ever since the WHO announcement that processed meat such as ham and sausages contain carcinogens, there is hope for meat lovers as sesame leaves, chives and kimchi have been identified as health boosters that can lower the risk of cancer. The Korean Dietetic Association (KDA) and the [...]
SEOUL, Nov.10 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government has announced that deserted phone booths will be modified into ‘relief booths’. A ‘relief booth’ is a phone booth where citizens can take shelter when they are threatened criminally. After an individual enters and presses a button, the door closes automatically and sirens go off. Through [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Boy band EXO has sold the most debut singles as a South Korean act to enter Japan ever, its agency said Tuesday. EXO sold more than 147,000 copies of its first single in Japan, “Love Me Right ~romantic universe~,” which came out last Wednesday, S.M. Entertainment said. The single [...]
SEJONG, Nov.9 (Korea Bizwire) - Since the ‘Korean Peninsula Wetlands’ of Yeongwol-gu in Gangwon Province were designated as a protection area in 2012, the number of endangered wild animals there has tripled. According to the National Institute of Environmental Research, 12 species of endangered wild animals were found when a detailed investigation of the wetlands [...]
The ‘Illuminating the world’ exhibition will stage ‘Lamp’, a media art piece produced by Paik in 1994, and the ‘Revolution Family’ series until January 11. The ‘<Neoanthropinae series>, Flying Man’ by artist Kim Jin-woo will be exhibited until November 20. The piece grafts the movement of machines and sounds together to show the imagination of [...]
INCHEON, Nov.9 (Korea Bizwire) – A crackdown on illegal parking with the participation of the residents of Namgu, Incheon, is showing great results. Residents take pictures of illegally parked cars with their smartphones, and send them to the authorities. Once the pictures are sent, the owner of the car is fined. The local government announced [...]