SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean government is taking action to encourage citizens to reduce their sugar intake, amidst concerns that the spread of obesity is becoming a global issue. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced that it will be establishing strategies to reduce the amount of sugar that Koreans consume. [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – An inter-city bus connecting major tourist attractions in South Korea will start operating this week for the convenience of foreign travelers, the culture ministry said Monday. The service, named K-travel Bus, will exclusively serve foreigners who want to travel outside the capital city starting from Friday, the Ministry of [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A pavilion in Gyeongbok Palace in the heart of Seoul will open to the public from April 1 to Oct. 31, the Cultural Heritage Administration said Monday. Gyeonghoeru, or the “pavilion of joyous meeting,” which has normally been off-limits, is considered the largest pavilion structure built during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) - South Korean conglomerate CJ has been the talk of the town for its thriving entertainment and cultural business to spread the Korean Wave beyond Asia, even drawing attention from the academic circle, company officials said Monday. A group of 30 students from Harvard Business School on Friday visited the CJ [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The entire area of Shinan-gun has been designated as a World Biosphere Reserve. The designation marks the second time in Korea that an entire administrative district is designated as a World Biosphere Reserve. The Ministry of Environment, Korea National Parks Authority, and the UNESCO MAB (Man and the Biosphere Programme) [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Girl group members such as Yubin from Wonder Girls, Subin from Dal Shabet, and Yang Ji-won from SPICA have declared war against those posting malicious comments on the internet. After vicious rumors about the female entertainers were spread through various online communities and message boards, the entertainers themselves as well [...]
SEJONG, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – GM Korea Co., the local unit of U.S. carmaker General Motors Co., will recall 66,169 units of the Chevrolet Orlando SUV for problems with their engine start buttons, the transportation ministry said Monday. The model’s engine ignition button was found to not automatically return to its original position after the [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean panel giant LG Display Co. has emerged as the No. 1 player in the TV panel market this year, although its output dropped last month, data showed Monday. LG Display sold 3.83 million TV panels in February, more than any other company, but the number was down 8.1 [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The historic five-round showdown between South Korean Go master Lee Se-dol and Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) program AlphaGo ended last Tuesday with a lot of buzz. While people still talk about the greatness of humanity and the future of AI, the South Korean Go community is happy regardless of the final result [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) - Hyundai Motor achieved its first salesgrowth in Brazil in 11 months in February, despite the South American country’s severe economic slump, industry officials said Sunday. The officials said Hyundai sold 13,922 vehicles in Brazil last month, up 6.3 percent from the same month in 2015.’ It is the first time since March last year that the top South Korean automaker has attained a year-on-year monthly sales increase. Hyundai’s Brazilian market share, which rose [...]