SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Actor Ahn Jae-wook has it all — a successful career, a beautiful wife and now, a new-born daughter whose mere thought brings a smile to his face. Ahn is part of the first generation of South Korean actors who started “hallyu,” or the Asia-wide popularity of Korean culture, in the [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Rebellious haute couture maestro Jean Paul Gaultier struck Korean fashion lovers with awe when his variation of women’s hanbok, a traditional Korean outfit, was unveiled in the media event of his latest exhibition here on Friday. The 64-year-old “enfant terrible” considered the upcoming exhibition at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza as a creation [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) – An inter-city bus connecting major tourist attractions in South Korea began operations on Friday to provide foreign travelers with a convenient transportation option and introduce hidden treasures, a tourism promotion agency said. The “K-travel Bus” exclusively serves foreigners who want to travel outside the capital city, to boost travel [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent big data analysis indicates that men with periodontal diseases are at a higher risk of sexual performance issues than those without. According to professor Kim Young-taek at the National Health Insurance Corp. Ilsan Hospital, the results of a study on 1.03 million Korean men between 2002 to 2013 revealed [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Six out of ten Koreans have a favorable opinion of Pope Francis. Koreans’ fondness for the pope was higher than the global average, as Koreans seemed to be in favor of the pope regardless of their religion. According to a survey conducted on 1,500 adults nationwide by the Gallup [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) – AmorePacific, South Korea’s top cosmetics maker, said Friday it will open a new flagship store for its luxury oriental brand Sulwhasoo next week to offer customers a hands-on experience and boost its brand image. The four-story building (with a basement) in the affluent Gangnam district is the nation’s largest flagship [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean TV drama “Descendants of the Sun” is expected to bring in massive revenue for a streaming website that holds its broadcasting rights in China, Chinese media reported Friday. Paid membership on iQiyi grew 50 percent in the past three months to about 15 million people because of the [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s per capita income dropped in 2015 from the previous year, marking the first on-year drop in six years even though the decline was largely attributed to the depreciation of the local currency against the U.S. dollar. In 2015, the country’s per capita gross national income (GNI) came to [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) – HDC Shilla Duty Free, a joint venture between Hotel Shilla and Hyundai Development, officially opened its new duty-free store in central Seoul on Friday, featuring 200 more brands four months after its pre-opening. The new outlet spanning 16,500 square meters is located in the Hyundai I’Park Mall in Yongsan, the railway [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Netmarble Games, South Korea’s No. 1 mobile game developer and publisher, is expected to seek listing on the country’s main bourse instead of on the tech-heavy KOSDAQ or overseas, sources said Friday. The company’s market capitalization is estimated at approximately 10 trillion won (US$8.57 billion), putting it nearly on par [...]