SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – A film about South Korean mountaineers has set a new Christmas Day record with more than 700,000 viewers, data showed Monday. A total of 746,413 people watched the movie directed by Lee Seok-hoon, breaking the previous record of 640,624 set by “The Attorney” in 2013, data by the Korean [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The year 2015 has been a dream year for Na Young-seok, a South Korean variety show producer who drove five programs to the top of viewership rankings in a year. Na was behind three seasons of the popular cooking show “Three Meals a Day,” which grabbed the attention of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top carmaker Hyundai Motor Group tapped an ex-Lamborghini designer Monday to market its high-end Genesis brand during its latest personnel shuffle. Manfred Fitzgerald will be in charge of leading Hyundai’s strategy for its Genesis brand at home and abroad, the carmaker said. Fitzgerald joined Italy-based Automobili Lamborghini [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean boy band Bangtan Boys has canceled its year-end concerts in Japan after two of its members came down with health issues, the group’s management agency said Monday. The seven-member act was supposed to perform at the World Memorial Hall in Kobe, Japan from Sunday to Monday. But [...]
SEJONG, Dec.28 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Oceanographic Research Institute (NORI) announced that they have developed a ‘Sea Road View’, (www.khoa.go.kr/baroview) which presents the seas in panoramic images. Various information on the sea such as how it changes as the tides change and information about current weather is provided through pictures and videos. Images and video [...]
SEOUL, Dec.28 (Korea Bizwire) – Kim Jong-un the North Korean leader who is also known to be a chain smoker, was spotted smoking a cigarette and then throwing the butt away inside the subway. The North Korean Central News Agency reported footage of Kim Jong-un participating in the test drive of a subway developed with [...]
CHANGWON, Dec.28 (Korea Bizwire) – Although the electric car is gathering popularity as an eco-friendly transportation means, many people have a common misunderstanding that the mileage will be shorter than that of normal cars. Changwon city, Gyeongnam province, which is the ‘Leading City of Electric Cars’ designated by the Ministry of Environment, made an attempt [...]
SEJONG, Dec.28 (Korea Bizwire) – As people start to avoid heavy drinking and turn their preference towards softer alcoholic beverages, the consumption of beer in Korea has increased while the consumption of soju has gone downhill. According to an investigation conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food [...]
SEJONG/SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s antitrust watchdog Sunday said the intra-group merger and acquisition (M&A) deal by Samsung affiliates strengthened banned cross-shareholding ties within the conglomerate that need to be resolved. According to the Fair Trade Commission (FTC), the merger between Cheil Industries Inc. and Samsung C&T Corp. on Sept. 1 reduced [...]
SEJONG, Dec.24 (Korea Bizwire) – Ventilating for more than 30 minutes after cooking is recommended to reduce air pollution indoors. The National Institute of Environmental Research announced that it will be distributing pamphlets that discuss ways to reduce pollutants that are released during cooking. The information will also be published on the homepage of the [...]