SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean companies are joining Action For Road Safety, a global campaign to raise awareness and curb the staggering number of car accidents occurring across the planet. With over 3,500 people succumbing to car accidents ever day around the world, road accidents have become one of the major causes [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s food and beverage giant SPC Group said Tuesday it will sharply increase the number of stores of its bakery chain Paris Baguette in the United States as part of its global expansion drive. “We will increase the number of Paris Baguette stores in operation in the U.S. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of public servants disciplined for drunk driving nearly doubled to 1,175 last year from a year earlier, according to government data obtained by a ruling party lawmaker. The Ministry of Personnel Management data showed that a total of 3,544 public servants received disciplinary punishment for drunk driving [...]
TOKYO, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean drama soundtrack-themed concert staring a number of K-pop artists in Tokyo took place successfully this weekend, attracting thousands of spectators. The ‘Drama Original Sounds Korea 2017 with PyeongChang’ concert was held by the Korea Creative Content Agency and the South Korean Embassy in Japan in celebration of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Hynix is reportedly considering taking legal action against Toshiba after being rebuffed by the Japanese conglomerate during the auction process of a memory-chip unit without appropriate notice, according to sources close to the matter. Industry sources on Tuesday said SK Hynix, which was once considered among the most likely [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – VIXX LR, a sub-unit of K-pop boy band VIXX, on Monday released its second EP album “Whisper,” armed with a fresh sound and the spirit of creativity unbound from its larger mother band. “We were asked a lot on when LR would return. We’ve worked hard, living up to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Another South Korean woman who was forced into sexual servitude by Japan during World War II died Monday, a civic group said, reducing the total number of the country’s surviving victims to 36. The Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan said that Ha [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean conglomerate SK Group’s North American division SKC has made public its stance in support of the U.S. government’s trade ban on imported solar energy batteries, including those from South Korea. SKC, despite being a division of a South Korean company, called for measures against importing solar energy batteries [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean local governments are focusing on developing and promoting their own mascots amid growing public interest in what are known locally as ‘characters’. Following in the footsteps of Hodori and Goomdori, successful South Korean mascots that enjoyed national recognition, representing the 1988 Summer Olympics and Daejeon Expo ’03, respectively, [...]
JEJU, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Jeju Island’s first queer festival organizing committee was launched on Monday in the hopes of tackling stereotypes and discrimination against sexual minorities to help create a safer environment, with plans to hold a queer festival later this year. The newly-formed committee dedicated to running a local queer culture festival on [...]