SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Apple’s iPhones are more popular than its rival Samsung’s phones in the secondhand mobile market, according to a new study. Findings from a study released by market researcher Strategy Analytics on Tuesday revealed that from last November to July this year, the prices of iPhone 7 handsets traded on [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – With South Korean dollar store giant Daiso Korea set to reach two trillion won in sales after 20 years of steady growth since its founding, concerns are growing over the negative impact of its dominance on small local businesses. Marking its 20th anniversary this year, Daiso, which specializes in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government said Wednesday that eggs from four more farms in the country have been found to be contaminated with harmful pesticides, escalating the health scare over tainted egg products here. Some eggs at a farm with 55,000 hens in Cheorwon, 80 kilometers north of Seoul, were [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Nongshim Co., the country’s top instant noodle maker, said Wednesday its best-selling instant noodles are now sold at every Walmart store in the United States, as it attempts to expand its presence in the global market. Nongshim said its Shin Ramyun is now being sold at 4,692 Walmart stores [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A batch of 446 international students on scholarships invited by the government are set to graduate from 57 universities in South Korea this month, the Education Ministry said Wednesday. The students hailing from 107 countries are split up into 32 students in undergraduate courses and 414 in graduate courses. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Corona Sunsets Festival, an international beach festival organized by the world’s biggest beer maker, AB InBev, is coming to Korea for the first time, with the event scheduled to be held at Yangyang’s Surfyy Beach later this month. The 2017 Corona Sunsets Festival in Korea is set to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Agriculture held a trial event earlier this week for an award-winning stray dog app called ‘Paw in Hand’, which helps users find lost dogs or adopt unclaimed pets. The event hosted by the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFRA) at Daejeon’s animal protection center [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The golf course turned THAAD anti-missile system site in southern South Korea was first revealed to environmental authorities last Saturday as part of the government’s electromagnetic radiation and noise survey despite protest from the local community, during which two missile defense systems facing North Korea appeared to be on [...]
BEIJING, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – China said Monday it will enforce the latest United Nations sanctions on North Korea this week, banning the imports of resources and seafood from the country. The United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2371 on Aug. 5 in response the North’s two intercontinental ballistic missile tests in July. The new [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival, a major summer music festival in South Korea, saw a slight drop in the number of visitors from last year, according to organizers Monday. Industry watchers attribute the drop to a growing competition from other music events held in the summer. The festival was [...]