SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The first middle and high school students to enroll in the Netmarble Game Academy, an education program offered by Netmarble and the Arts & Community Network, are presenting their final works at the Ganainsa Art Center in Seoul. The exhibition is themed “Turning the Dreams of the Future into [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Just one month ago, a 34-year-old Korean man went into a fit of air rage on a Korean Air flight from Hanoi to Incheon. The incident attracted international attention after American singer Richard Marx, who was also on the plane, uploaded footage of the encounter on his Facebook page. [...]
SUWON, South Korea, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Undercover law enforcement vehicles, also called “Amhaeng patrol cars” after Amhaeng-eosa of the Joseon Dynasty, have proven useful in lowering the number of traffic violations on expressways. The cars, introduced in early 2016, look just like any other passenger vehicle on the road, although police logos are [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Major South Korean baking and confectionery companies will begin using powdered eggs instead of fresh eggs for their products starting next month, industry officials said Thursday. According to the officials, they plan to import a combined 400 tons of powdered eggs from China and the United States in February. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., a major shipping line here, said Thursday that it has decided to buy a stake in local troubled rival Hanjin Shipping Co.’s port terminal operator in the U.S., as part of efforts to save costs. In a regulatory filing, Hyundai Merchant said its board of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Singer-actor Rain and actress Kim Tae-hee tied the knot at a Catholic church in central Seoul on Thursday, becoming top celebrity husband and wife. The two stars exchanged gifts and prayed during the modest wedding Mass at the Gahoe-dong Church, attended by only their family members, close friends and [...]
JEONJU, South Korea, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean city of Jeonju has just set up a “slow mailbox” for foreigners to promote slow living amid fast-changing social trends and technological advancements. Letters mailed from these mailboxes, first introduced in Korea a couple of years ago, are usually delivered six to twelve months later. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent report by the North Korea Resource Institute, based in Seoul, revealed that despite the abundance of natural resources in North Korea, the country is failing to make best use of its assets due to the poor state of the country’s processing facilities and a shortage of electric [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – There is a sense of hierarchical bipartisanship when one visits a Korean department store; there are the VIPs, and the non-VIPs. Korean department stores have been expanding their VIP programs, targeting specifically the “haves” by either lowering the purchase requirements for the programs or introducing more VIP “levels” to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy announced Wednesday that it will invest 245.1 billion won ($208 million) this year to help Korea’s dwindling shipbuilding industry diversify and hopefully breathe life into the sector. The investment will be divided into four areas – R&D (5 billion won), commercialization (4.5 [...]