SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Yeon Sang-ho, director of the 2016 megahit zombie movie “Train to Busan,” has returned with a new action comedy this time themed with supernatural powers. In a press conference to unveil his new movie “Psychokinesis” Tuesday Yeon said he wanted to do something new and put his childhood imagination [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – China’s tourism agencies have resumed sales of tour packages to South Korea, industry sources said Tuesday, in the latest sign of a thaw in the bilateral ties frayed over diplomatic tension. China’s state-owned tour operator CYTS showcased individual and group tours to Seoul, Busan and the southern resort island [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A number of popular Japanese toy brands catering to adult consumers are set to open their first stores in South Korea. According to Hyundai I-Park Mall on Monday, the renovated kidult select shop Toys & Hobby at its Yongsan location will reopen on Friday with some of the most representative [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Plaza skating rink will open this year on Friday, welcoming visitors throughout the winter until February 25. The landmark skating rink is back for the 13th time after first opening in 2004, and will occupy 5,176 square meters of land at the heart of Seoul to give [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Controversial judging decisions could become relics of the past as soon as 2020, following reports that the International Federation of Gymnastics (FIG) and Japanese IT company Fujitsu are developing an AI-based judging support system for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. According to The Guardian, FIG President Morinari Watanabe is pushing [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – T’way Air Co., one of South Korea’s six budget carriers, said Monday it has begun to offer flights on new routes to two Taiwanese cities as part of its diversification effort. T’way Air began services on the route from the Incheon International Airport to Kaohsiung on Friday and Taichung [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s exports of the traditional alcoholic beverage “makgeolli” tumbled more than 75 percent last year from five years ago as it failed to build a strong consumer base abroad, data showed Monday. The outbound shipments of the Korean rice wine came to US$12.87 million in 2016, down 75.6 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – As univeresities continue to go through structural reshuffles and eliminate programs that are widely seen as ‘unpopular’ and ‘unattractive’, discussion is being had acreoss the country over the responsibility of universities as academic institutions. In the midst of the controversy is Seoul Women’s University, where academic departments are being [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – A human rights watchdog in South Korea issued a warning to universities and scholarship foundations over the collection of information regarding recipients’ parents. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) told the Ministry of Education and 17 local education authorities that asking about recipients’ parents during the scholarship application [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government has announced plans to help young adults who live extremely anti-social lives without working or even meeting friends. Under the new bill proposed by lawmaker Kim Mi-kyung, Seoul will build a support center where research will be conducted and musical and art therapies provided, in order [...]