SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean actor Kim Soo-hyun and boy band BigBang have been name Best Actor and Best Boy Group, respectively, in a recent vote of 40 million hallyu fans around the world, an online news site said Wednesday. U.S.-based site Soompi, which covers the Korean Wave or hallyu, announced the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The government plans to roll out new insurance plans reserved for electric cars around September, officials said Wednesday, in a move expected to help green car users pay less for premiums. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Financial Services Commission (FSC) were to sign a memorandum [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A local film about the painful life of South Korean sex slaves during World War II, tops pre-sale reservation rates in the local box office, a market tracker said Wednesday. “Spirits’ Homecoming,” released on Wednesday nationwide, enjoys a reservation rate of 27.2 percent, leading Hollywood blockbuster “Deadpool” and Disney [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Kia Motors Corp.’s Sorento has been named the best SUV model in the mid-size segment by a major U.S. consumer review magazine, its website showed Wednesday. Consumer Reports announced the best vehicles in 10 segments by evaluating their product quality, performance, safety and other features related to customer satisfaction. [...]
GWANGJU, Feb.23 (Korea Bizwire) – ‘Beggar King’, a stray dog that terrorized students at Gwangju National University of Education for the past three months, has finally been captured. After being shot with a tranquilizer gun by firefighters, the dog ran away but was captured shortly thereafter. The male dog known as Beggar King showed up [...]
SEOUL, Feb.23 (Korea Bizwire) – After the first Korean Black Friday event was a success in 2015, the baked goods industry wants in, too. The Korean Bakery Association announced that it will hold a discount promotional event with large franchises from April 4 to 10. The ‘Black Friday’ discount promotion is being held to celebrate [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Lee Se-dol, a top-class Go player from South Korea, is known for his exceptional strategy and skills at the ancient board game, but at the same time, he is also known for his provocative comments toward his opponents. That hasn’t changed even though this time, his challenger isn’t human. [...]
SEOUL, Feb.23 (Korea Bizwire) – Antibiotics are often taken to ‘cure’ certain symptoms that occur in the human body, such as inflammation. They are often prescribed as necessary treatment since they work quickly and seem to show actual progress in curing illnesses, but controversy has clouded the usage of antibiotics and their effects for a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and the United States held working-level consultations here Tuesday on tightening the screw on North Korea for its provocations, the Foreign Ministry said. Kim Gunn, the ministry’s director general for North Korean nuclear affairs, met with Jennifer Fowler, deputy assistant secretary of treasury for terrorist financing. They [...]
SEOUL, Feb.23 (Korea Bizwire) – Research indicates that depression is not caused because patients have weak hearts, but because they are vulnerable genetically and neurologically. Professor Ham Byung-ju and his team at the Korea University Hospital’s Department of Mental Health announced that they have determined that patients with relapsed depression have a certain weakness after [...]