SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government is taking applications for a bargain wedding service at City Hall for just 66,000 won ($61). Applications for the ‘mini wedding’ service are open until the March 9 for couples who wish to marry at either Seoul Citizens Hall or City Hall. Taepyeong Hall, a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – More South Koreans over 60 years of age are traveling abroad than before, as the number of active seniors is on the rise. Recent data from Mode Tour has revealed that the number of South Korean seniors who traveled abroad last year accounted for 18.5 percent of all outbound [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea agreed Friday to strengthen military cooperation with Switzerland and Latvia as the countries’ defense chiefs met in Seoul. South Korean Defense Minister Song Yong-moo had separate talks with his counterparts, who are visiting to attend the closing ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, according to his ministry. [...]
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Mothers of South Korean athletes at the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games on Friday shared their stories on how they raised their children to become successful Olympians. The mothers of four athletes — Yun Sung-bin, Lee Sang-hwa, Choi Min-jeong and Park Seung-hi — attended an event organized by [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of Chinese people who visited South Korea last month declined 46 percent on-year, the eleventh straight month of decline following the diplomatic row between the two countries over the deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system here, government data showed Friday. The tally of Chinese visitors came to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The K-pop boy band Seventeen will make its debut in Japan in May, its agency said Friday. Fledis Entertainment said the 13-member act broke the news while holding a concert titled “SEVENTEEN 2018 JAPAN ARENA TOUR SVT” in front of some 15,000 fans at Yokohama Arena in Japan on [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government is expected to adopt a group litigation system for consumers, according to a new report. According to the law enforcement reform task force report published by the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) on Thursday, the government is on course to allow consumers to file class-action [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean web portals are allowing users to report and essentially erase misinformation associated with criminal cases and their association with certain venues and areas. According to sources close to the IT industry, the Korea Internet Self-governance Organization (KISO) adopted a provision last June that makes it possible for [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Lotte Department Store has announced plans to hire hundreds of local workers at a new shopping complex that will open in Gunsan in April, after residents were hit hard by the news that city’s GM Korea plant would be shutting down. Up to 70 percent of the job openings at [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean athletes have thus far turned in a surprising performance at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, with an ice dance pair becoming first South Koreans to compete in free dance, the women’s curling team through to the semifinal, and ‘Iron Man’ Yun Sung-bin winning Asia’s very first gold medal in [...]