INCHEON, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – With temperatures plunging below minus 10 degrees Celsius, the waters around Songdo Central Park have frozen. The channels surrounding the international city in Songdo , which are among the most iconic tourist spots in the region, have been completely frozen, according to aerial photos provided by the Incheon Free Economic [...]
JEONJU, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The city of Jeonju will open a virtual reality experience zone at the Korea Traditional Culture Center for local residents and tourists next month. According to the Jeonju IT & CT Industry Promotion Agency, the VR experience zone on the first floor of the Korea Traditional Culture Center (KTCC) will [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The leaders of Germany, Poland and Finland will become honorary citizens of Seoul when they visit South Korea to attend the PyeongChang Winter Olympics this week, city officials said Wednesday. Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon plans to award the honorary citizenships when he meets with Polish President Andrzej Duda on Thursday, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday and Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila on Feb. 19, [...]
GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – At the tender age of 16, South Korean short track speed skater Lee Yu-bin will make her Olympic debut at the PyeongChang Winter Games. Training with her teammates on the ice is one thing, but living inside Gangneung Olympic Village, one of two athletes’ villages for PyeongChang 2018, among other Olympians has been a new [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s total supply in manufacturing fell in the fourth quarter from a year earlier on a decline in domestic supply, government data showed Wednesday. The manufacturing domestic supply index — which measures both goods produced locally and brought into South Korea — declined 3.3 percent on-year to stand [...]
PYEONGCHANG, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ghanaian Olympic team will compete at the upcoming Winter Olympics in PyeongChang despite financial problems, thanks to support from a Ghana-based South Korean businessman. According to reports from local media including Modern Ghana, Ghana-based alternative payment service PaySwitch has donated around 23 million won to the Ghana Olympic Committee [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Around 35,000 spectators are expected to attend the Winter Olympics opening ceremony out in the cold at the roofless PyeongChang Olympic Stadium this Friday, with officials scrambling to ensure that those present are as comfortable as possible. With sub-zero temperatures continuing to grip most of the country amid a severe [...]
GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Do you want a traditional English fry-up for breakfast? Or a Korean spread made up of rice, seaweed soup and kimchi? How about a lamb samosa from a halal kitchen, or a sandwich made with gluten-free bread? Here at the athletes’ dining hall in the Gangneung Olympic [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. is pushing to build a second chip-production line near Seoul, industry sources said Tuesday, amid rising demand for semiconductors. The tech giant is in talks with officials in Pyeongtaek over a new chip-production line in that city, an insider said, although no [...]
HWASEONG, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea successfully demonstrated 5G cooperative driving technology for autonomous vehicles at K-City in Hwaseong on Monday, along with the latest road safety technology that prevents accidents in inclement weather and blind spots. It’s the first time in the world that cooperative driving has been trialed as part of [...]