SEOUL, Jul. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular singer and actor T.O.P. of boy band BIGBANG was given a suspended sentence by a Seoul court on Thursday for smoking marijuana multiple times last year. The Seoul Central District Court found Choi Seung-hyun — his real name — guilty of the use of the illicit drug and [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of IMAX movie tickets along with 3D and 4D films in South Korea drastically dropped during the first half of the year, a new industry report has revealed. According to the report on the South Korean movie industry released by the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) on Wednesday, the number [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A church that caters to those with hearing impairment will be built in Seoul in 2019. The Catholic Church for the Deaf of Seoul announced on Wednesday plans to build a church for deaf people in the neighborhood of Majang in Seongdong District. According to community officials, bishop Yu Gyeong-chon [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean lawmakers have passed amendments to sex crime laws which will see those guilty of attempted rape and voyeurism subject to drug treatment, also known as chemical castration, in order to control their sexual impulses. During the cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon held on Tuesday at the [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean actor Song Joong-ki on Wednesday applauded his fiance and fellow actress Song Hye-kyo’s decision to decline an ad sponsorship offer from Mitsubishi Motors over the company’s association with forced mobilization of Korean laborers during the second World War. “I first learned that Hye-kyo declined the offer from the news. [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean dancers working overseas have returned to their homeland to perform this weekend. In a press briefing Wednesday for “The Korea World Dance Stars Festival 2017,” ballet dancers Kang Hyo-jung, Jin Se-hyun, Lee Ji-young, Jeong Han-sol and Kim Se-yeon agreed that the level of Korean ballet dancers is on [...]
ULSAN, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A new whale-themed 3D movie theater is set to open soon at Jangsaengpo in Ulsan, with the new complex boasting large circular screens that covering all of the interior walls, giving visitors a virtual experience of exploring the deep sea and observing whales up close. The ‘5D’ whale-watching theater can [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Unification Ministry on Wednesday approved Hyundai Asan Corp.’s bid to contact North Korea as the company seeks to visit the North next month to mark the anniversary of the death of its former chairman. The operator of the now-suspended inter-Korean tour to Mount Kumgang on North Korea’s [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea’s economic slump continues to take its toll on consumers, and with the price of seafood on a steady rise, off-cuts of seafood that have been widely ignored by the public such as salmon head and squid mouth are becoming increasingly popular. According to data released by online [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government has announced plans to invest 1.2 trillion won in the country’s drone industry over the next five years, funds that will be used to help develop drone technology and build infrastructure such as drone highways and test sites, in an effort keep up with other competing [...]