SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s new government needs to increase its tax revenues to help address economic and social challenges at a time when its economic recovery is still fragile, the head of the United Nations agency’s sub-regional office said Friday. Kilaparti Ramakrishna, head and director of the U.N. Economic and Social [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government is teaming up with major coffeehouse chains in South Korea for a new recycling project that will see a weekly dose of coffee grounds reused as fertilizer and disposable cups collected for recycling, as part of a new environmental initiative set to kick off next month. [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea BIzwire) – South Korean shipbuilding companies including Hyundai Heavy Industries, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and Samsung Heavy Industries are branching out into the Norwegian market, with the trio expected to attend this year’s Nor-Shipping, one of the biggest international shipping exhibitions in the world, which will be held in Oslo [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoullo 7017, Seoul’s much-anticipated urban renewal project that is set to open next Saturday, will feature blue LED lamps and flower pots, transforming a decommissioned overpass into what Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon describes as a place where “nature and humans can coexist”. Every night the overpass-turned-walkway in front of Seoul [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government has announced plans to hold a unique photo exhibition later this month showcasing pictures of school bathrooms that have been renovated, as part of a city initiative to improve the quality of school bathrooms. The photo exhibition, which will be held on the first floor of [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Actor Lee Min-ho began working at the Gangnam Ward office Friday, as a substitute for his mandatory military service. Wearing a black mask and dressed in black pants and a grey jacket, he arrived at the office around 8:45 a.m. Hundreds of fans were waiting for him. He was [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Trump is facing criticism in South Korea after a recent interview with Reuters in which he expressed a desire for the East Asian country to pay for the expenses of deploying a THAAD missile defense system, with some critics accusing the U.S. President of ignoring South Korea’s contribution, including damage [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) – A historic bridge in Gyeongbok Palace, which was reconstructed in 1953 after being destroyed during the 1950-1953 Korean War, will be returned to its original site after 60 years, the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) said Tuesday. The administration said the Chwihyang Bridge, constructed over the artificial Hyangwon Lake, will be [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid a grey haze of fine dust that continues to blanket South Korea, flower farms are seeing a ray of light as consumers flock to buy air-filtering plants to take the issue of air quality into their own hands. The worsening air quality – the result of higher levels [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Third-grade elementary school students in South Korea are the least happy despite being well-off compared to students in other countries, a recent survey has revealed. The survey conducted by the international NGO Save the Children and the Institute of Social Welfare at Seoul National University compared South Korean third-graders [...]