SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – GS25, a convenience store chain run by GS Retail, said Thursday it was named the winner of a regional award for marketing, making it the first recipient of the prize by a South Korean company. The retailer is due to receive the Asia-Pacific Retailers Association award in the best [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – BTS, EXO and other K-pop big names will be part of a concert celebrating the arrival of the torch for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games next week, the culture ministry said Wednesday. The concert will be held at Gwanghwamun Plaza in Seoul and Incheon Songdo Moonlight Festival Park in Incheon, west of the capital, on Wednesday. It will also feature TWICE, BTOB and B.A.P, among other top K-pop [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Encouraged by the recent runaway success of Mnet’s idol audition program “Produce 101 Season 2,” KBS 2TV has ambitiously came up with its own version that it hopes can produce a touching turnaround success story. Titled “The Unit: Idol Rebooting Project,” the program targets disheartened young artists who unsuccessfully made their debut [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha on Wednesday promised South Korea’s continued development cooperation with African countries. “Beyond the political importance of Africa as a continent of more than a quarter of all sovereign countries in the world, Korea views Africa as a valuable partner in development and economic cooperation,” Kang said in her opening speech to the Korea-Africa Business [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – An advisory panel to the cultural heritage authorities on Wednesday rejected a plan to build a cable car on a mountain range on the country’s east coast, citing possible damage to the environment, wildlife and cultural assets. The Cultural Properties Committee voted down the controversial scheme to construct a 3.5-kilometer-long cablecar system in the southern region of Mount Seorak in Yangyang County, some 215 kilometers [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – For the first time, a U.S. national has sued the South Korea government over land expropriation, citing the free trade agreement between South Korea and U.S. The Ministry of Justice said on Tuesday that a U.S. citizen, identified only by her surname Seo, filed a request for arbitration through investor-state [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government has announced it has teamed up with London-based social enterprises Locality and Social Life to embark on new urban renewal projects. The Seoul government signed a business agreement on Tuesday with both Locality and Social Life, social enterprises that successfully led urban restoration projects in [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Korail’s time saving app, which as the name suggests helps customers save time by providing personalized train journey information, has proven to be a success, with tens of thousands of people having signed up for the service this year. The ‘Time Saving Service’ by Korail for KTX customers has been [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Barriers originally designed to block traffic noise are being revamped with multiple new functions, including anti-fine dust particle and solar energy production features, according to government data. According to statistics provided by the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), 29 percent of the patent applications for noise barriers filed between 2012 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The president of the Society of Cosmetic Scientists of Korea, Kang Hak-hee, has said the South Korean cosmetics industry is being urged to follow up the global success of BB cream air cushion foundation with new hit products, in comments made during a cosmetics conference held on Tuesday. Kang, who [...]