SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The War Memorial of Korea has been chosen as the most popular destination among the tourist attractions in Korea. According to Tripadvisor, a global travel information provider, the War Memorial earned 4.5 points on a five point scale, to be named first among landmarks in Korea in its “Travelers’ Choice [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Actress Yoon Eun-hye has been accused of copying a domestic designer brand at a variety show in China. As a participant on the Chinese design survival show, ‘Fashion of the Goddess’, the Korean actress won first prize by designing a white coat with wings. The coat, which was designed by [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – High school students will have more opportunities to experience theater, starting in 2018. The Ministry of Education has announced a draft proposing new curricula for physical education, the arts, music and health education. To increase students’ knowledge in the liberal arts, ‘theater’ was established as a general subject. Before, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) - It turns out that the number of soldiers who have experienced maladjustment or were contemplating committing suicide has increased in the three years since 2012. According to the Ministry of National Defense, the number of soldiers that have entered a ‘Green Camp’ found in type A installations showed a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean cosmetics exports to China more than tripled in the first seven months of this year on rising popularity of its pop culture to rank second in the Chinese market, data showed Monday. China imported US$378.3 million worth of South Korean cosmetics in the January-July period, up a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, South Korea’s top two tech firms, are famed for blazing a trail for the world home appliances market by showcasing frontier technologies for every new product. Recently, they’ve embarked on an unlooked-for venture that seems quite off the track — going somewhat bizarre with [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has begun research into the possible introduction of visa waivers for Chinese on a gradual basis as Seoul’s economic and political ties with Beijing improved drastically in recent years. The Foreign Ministry has asked a research center affiliated with the International Organization for Migration to write a report on [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Uee, from the girl group After School, was spotted at the exit ceremony of the army recruit training center where U-Know Yunho from TVXQ was serving. As attention was drawn towards the relationship status of the two, both parties are strongly denying any romantic involvement with each other, claiming that they [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Holly’s Coffee has announced that they will adopt a dual coffee extract system to suit the tastes of the discerning customer. Customers will be able to select between ristretto, which extracts coffee in a short amount of time and produces sweet and sour tastes, and espresso, which emphasizes the deep [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Planet has announced that it will provide a Syrup Order service at all Angel-in-us Coffee stores in the metropolitan area. Syrup Order is an Online to Offline (O2O) service that allows customers to place orders using a smartphone application before going to a store, and pick up the product(s) [...]