SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean power celebrity couple Rain and Kim Tae-hee are expecting their first child, according to Kim’s agency Tuesday. “The couple has just learned of the pregnancy” said Lua Entertainment, which represents Kim. The 37-year-old actress is 15 weeks into her pregnancy, according to the company. Kim will concentrate [...]
JEOLLA, SOUTH KOREA, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean biotech company World Costec has invented a naturally-sourced fine dust mask using locally sourced kelp, which can effectively capture fine dust particles while soothing the skin, according to the Nano Bio Research Center. The Nano Bio Research Center, an organization in South Jeolla Province that [...]
ASAN, SOUTH KOREA, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Drones are poised to transform the rice farming industry in South Korea, with a local agricultural technology center successfully trialing rice planting using agricultural drones, a process which saw the unmanned aerial vehicles take only a third of the average time spent by a direct seeder to [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea has trumped other Asian Pacific countries in terms of mobile financial service usage, a report showed Monday. Users in South Korea had over 7 billion sessions in banking apps in 2016, which was nearly four times as many compared to Australians, according to the latest report by [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The American horror film “Get Out” had a big opening weekend at the South Korean box office, topping the 10 million viewer mark in its fifth day of running, according to a market tracker on Monday. The movie, about a young black man who falls victim to his girlfriend’s [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Saccharin is back in the spotlight in South Korea. The artificial sweetener, often used as a substitute for sugar, is enjoying mounting support from experts despite years of bad press and worry that the synthetic compound is an artificial flavor enhancer that is harmful to human health. Saccharin, which is [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The majority of South Korean women no longer see marriage as a necessity, but rather a choice, a new report from the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA) has found. The same report also revealed that in recent years, divorce has moved from something forbidden to an ‘option [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A customized shopping app created by a South Korean startup company that recommends clothes for customers based on their body shape, skin tone and the occasion has made its debut in New York’s fashion industry. 42 Media, a startup company consisting of young South Koreans in their 30s who have [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) announced plans last Friday to reduce emissions of fine dust particles from its coal-fired power plants in South Korea by 50 percent over the next five years. KEPCO and five of its affiliates held an emergency conference last week at KEPCO Art Center [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean shares breached the 2,300-point mark for the first time ever as foreign investors scooped up major tech stocks amid sound corporate earnings, bucking overnight gains on Wall Street, analysts said. The Korean won sharply rose against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) [...]