SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s three leading retailers have submitted their bids to run a duty-free business at an airport on the country’s resort island of Jeju, its operator said Monday, amid signs that Chinese tourists may return in force. Lotte Duty Free, Shilla Duty Free and Shinsegae DF applied to operate a duty-free store at Jeju International Airport, according to Korea Airports Corp. (KAC). The [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A new survey has revealed that South Korean seniors heavily rely on smartphones for internet access instead of desktops. According to the survey by global pollster Nielsen Korea, South Koreans in their 50s and 60s make up more than half of the so-called the ‘mobile-only’ tribe, composed of individuals who [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung’s reshuffle of high-ranking officials at advanced ages is sending warning signs to older workers as other companies could follow suit. The latest employee reorg at Samsung, which saw many of its high-ranking officers over the age of 60 step down to be replaced with younger employees, is keeping older [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A U.S. Presbyterian Church delegation pledged Monday to help with efforts to get the U.S. government to acknowledge its responsibility and offer an official apology and compensation for a 1950 civilian massacre by American troops during the Korean War. The Rev. J. Herbert Nelson II, who is stated clerk of the denomination’s General Assembly and leader of the 16-member delegation, made the remark during a news conference in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Starting Monday, Korean cultural heritage will be featured on a huge billboard at Piccadilly Circus, one of the most popular areas of London, the South Korean government has said. The one-minute-long advertisement will run on the billboard owned by LG Electronics in the square 48 times a day till Nov. 30, the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) said. The video [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The smoking rate in South Korea rebounded last year, data showed Monday, despite the government’s effort to lower the rate with a hike in cigarette prices starting 2015. According to the data compiled by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, 23.9 percent of South Koreans aged 19 and above [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Sculptures of the legendary creature Haetae can be spotted around Seoul, often near historical landmarks and other high-profile locations like the National Assembly Building. Shaped like a lion with a horn on its forehead, the imaginary animal from Korean mythology is known as a guardian that fends off fire [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – More South Koreans now believe society and the government need to play an active role in helping the elderly, a new report has revealed. According to the survey published by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, the number of people who believe it’s a family’s responsibility to support their [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – CJ HelloVision has introduced ‘Udi’, an AI chatbot that will provide counseling services for Hello Mobile Direct, the company’s online mobile shopping mall. The artificial intelligence-powered chatbot uses big data to answer questions from online customers in real time. Even for non-registered Hello Mobile users, Udi can help choose mobile [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of temporary workers in South Korea rose slightly this year from 2016, with its percentage also gaining ground, government data showed Friday. A total of 6.54 million workers were non-regular workers, part-timers and outsourced laborers as of August 2017, up 1.5 percent, or 98,000, from a year ago, according to the data by Statistics Korea. They accounted for 32.9 percent of the country’s salaried [...]