SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Lotte Mart has recently announced plans to ditch sales of pets through gradual steps and promote animal adoption instead, after signing an agreement with animal rights groups on Tuesday, a move that will see the South Korean retail giant end pet sales by 2018. Working together with the Korea Animal [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Russia’s strategic bombers briefly violated South Korea’s air defense identification zone (KADIZ) on Wednesday, prompting the country’s fighter jets to scramble to a nearby area, an official said. “As the Russian aircraft entered the KADIZ in formation yesterday morning, a squadron of our Air Force jets made an emergency [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Jung-A, a former member of the K-pop girl group Afterschool, will marry pro-basketball star Jeong Chang-young next year, her agency said Thursday. BAM Company said that the wedding will take place on April 28. “The two had a good relationship with each other and it developed into love. They [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of South Koreans expected to travel abroad is set to be twice that of foreigners visiting the country this year amid a sharp drop in the arrival of Chinese nationals, a state-run tourism agency said Thursday. The January-July tally showed that some 7.76 million foreigners came to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — As the long-term economic slump continues in South Korea, price-competitive fruits that might not meet conventional beauty standards are proving popular among South Korean consumers. Sales of ‘ugly’ fruits jumped more than fivefold between 2010 and 2016, the Rural Development Administration (RDA) announced on Thursday after analyzing household accounts [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Industrial design patent applications catering to single people are on the rise as the number of single-person households continues to grow in South Korea. According to the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) on Wednesday, many of the design applications range from objects as basic as food containers to furniture and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A Seoul court is set to issue a ruling on the case involving wages at Kia Motors Corp. next week, a judiciary official said Thursday, a decision that could have far-reaching consequences for South Korean industries. Next Thursday, the Seoul Central District Court will decide whether to count “regular” [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Six out of 10 users of the controversial Lilian sanitary pads have experienced a change in their menstrual cycle due to possible side effects, an activist group said Thursday, as growing numbers of consumers question the product’s safety. The Seoul-based Korean Women’s Environmental Network held a press conference to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government is ramping up its efforts to attract tourists from Taiwan and Southeast Asian countries amid a drastic drop in the number of Chinese visitors. Over 2,000 employees from a Taiwanese food franchise company are expected to travel to the South Korean capital on a group trip [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Shinsegae Department Store announced on Wednesday the opening of its Luxury Watch & Jewelry Fair at its Gangnam branch from Friday until the end of August, showcasing high-end jewelry and watches from international brands. With 34 brands on board, and products worth nearly 60 billion won on sale, it’s the [...]