Seoul, July 16 (Korea Bizwire)–A branch of the Grevin Museum, specializing in the exhibition ofwax dolls, will open in Euljiro, Seoul on July 29. It will be the first branch of the famous Parisian museum to open in Asia. Established in 1882, the Grevin Museum in France is a museum exhibiting wax dolls. Foreign branches [...]
Seoul, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Lee Soon-young, a 10-year-old girl who is courting controversy due to a piece of writing that has been dubbed’brutal children’s poem’, wished that her mother would only focus on her. Soon-young appeared with her mother, poet Kim Bada, on ‘Seeking for Prodigies’, a show aired on SBS TV. The [...]
Seoul, July 16 (Korea Bizwire)-With an increase in the number of consumers who want to drink wine as casually as beer, the consumption of micro-dosage wine has risen rapidly. According to analysts, during the first half of this year, sales of 330㎖’mini wine’ bottles at Emart increased by 340.8 percent compared to the same period [...]
Sejong, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Due to the increase in the number of households with only one or two members, smaller packages of beef and pork are now being sold. Until now, the majority of cold storage meats sold at markets were for quantities of 500 grams to one kilogram, depending on the item. [...]
Seoul, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Brassware seems to be a new trend. According to Lotte Department Store, the modern design and reasonable price of brassware has made it a daily-use item instead of a typical wedding gift, with sales increasing by 88.4 percent from January to May compared to the same period last year. [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. plans to showcase its next phablet flagship, presumably the Galaxy Note 5, in earlier-than-expected August, industry sources said Wednesday, in an apparent bid to get a head start over Apple Inc. Under the plan, Samsung will hold its launch ceremony around [...]
Seoul, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A court has ruled that a female boss who sexually harassed a new female employee should pay reparations. This is an exceptional judgement because compensation for damages was recognized for sexual harassment between members of the same sex. Shin Young-hee, a Civil judge at the Seoul Central District Court, [...]
Seoul, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – With the increase of ‘for-pets’, people who invest in their pets freely, the sales of vacation items for pets are soaring. The pet product market, which was previously concentrated on practical products such as food and snacks for pets is broadening its product family. According to the online shopping [...]
GWANGJU, South Korea, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea captured the gold medal in women’s doubles tennis at the Universiade on Saturday. Lee So-ra and Han Na-lae defeated Hsu Chieh-Yu and Lee Ya-Hsuan of Chinese Taipei 2-0 (6-4, 6-4) at Yeomju Indoor Tennis Court. They are the first South Korean women’s doubles team to [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Lee Min-ji, a vocal music graduate of Sungshin Women’s University, struts down the runway during an annual beauty pageant in Seoul on July 10, 2015, to select the 2015 Miss Korea. Lee, from Gyeonggi Province, won the beauty contest. Photo Courtesy of Yonhap / photonews@koreabizwire.com