SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A large Taegeukgi, the national flag of Korea, will be created with thousands of LED lamps, and light the doors of Seoul. The project was directed by Professor Seo Gyung-duk from Sungshin Women’s University. Thousands of LED lamps will be set on a media canvas 99 meters in width [...]
SINAN, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – It is hard to believe that there are 100 waterfalls on an island where water is scarce. But it is true. The falls are only invisible because of a lack of water. Once the rains arrive, 100 big and little waterfalls start flooding with water. Gageodo is an island in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Cases of Korean applications becoming popular in Central and South America without any marketing or advertising are increasing. This is a meaningful outcome considering that the Central and South American market is receiving attention as a new mobile application market that holds great potential for growth. According to industry [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Among the fake designer products that were exposed by the Korea Customs Service during the first half of 2015, Cartier ranked No. 1 in terms of the number of fake items. As the trend in the knock-off market moved to watches from bags, Louis Vuitton was pushed out of the top [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Various insurance products are said to have appeared in North Korea, including mobile phone insurance and insurance for fruit farms. The Korea National Insurance Company (KNIC), the state-run insurance company in North Korea, revealed on their homepage that issues related to mobile phone insurance were discussed at the annual [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Exports of Samgyetang, a popular health food often consumed in summer to help the body resist the heat, are soaring. Samgyetang is a kind of chicken soup cooked with ginseng and other ingredients that are known to increase stamina. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced that [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The butterflies that live in the southern part of Korea have migrated 1.6 kilometers a year for the past 60 years, due to global warming. In the process of organizing the distribution change of butterflies among different species, the Korea Forest Research Institute discovered that the movement of the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — “Do Not Eat Canine Meat!” An alliance of animal protection groups held a rally in front of Moran Market in Seongnam, famous as a canine meat market, on the occasion of malbok, the last of three boknals, the hottest days in Korea. Koreans eat dog meat on boknal to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Environment and the National Institute of Biological Resources jointly announced that they had discovered five new species found for the first time in the world on Dokdo. According to research on native plants and animals conducted by the institute since 2013, it has found a total [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – According to Korean law enforcement officials, the purchase of expensive duty-free products on airplanes using counterfeit credit cards is an increasingly common problem. The Incheon International Airport Police announced that they had arrested two suspects, including a Vietnamese citizen, who bought high-priced duty-free products including whiskey during flights on [...]