TAEBAEK, South Korea, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The 24th Taebaek Snow Festival is set to kick off on Friday at Taebaeksan (Mount Taebaek) National Park. Although the area has seen less snow than usual in recent years, the park is most famous during the snowy season, welcoming half of its annual visitors during the [...]
INCHEON, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A special unit of the South Korean Coast Guard will soon launch, with its mandate specifically dedicated to protecting western seas off the coast of Incheon from illegal Chinese fishing operations. According to the Central Regional Headquarters Korea Coast Guard, 331 coast guard personnel will be assigned to the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced Wednesday that it is preparing voluntary guidelines for medical practitioners to simplify their attire, a measure that it believes will help to prevent the spread of infection. The ministry and the Korean Society for Healthcare-associated Infection Control Prevention have recently prepared a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean box offices pulled in record-high profit despite the falling number of local moviegoers last year, a result of higher film ticket prices, data showed Thursday. The data from the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) showed that the total number of cinemagoers last year was 217.02 million, down 0.1 [...]
IMSIL, South Korea, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A poultry farm in Imsil County, North Jeolla Province, has just received media spotlight for its “super chickens”, which are roughly six times larger than typical chickens. Shin Seok-yong (49) is the farm’s owner, and his birds currently weigh about 10 kilograms. An average chicken grows to [...]
ULSAN, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean waters have become dangerous habitat for finless porpoises, sometimes referred to in Korea as “smiling whales” for their grinning faces. According to the Ulsan Coast Guard, a total of 9,710 whales died in the five-year period from 2011 to 2015 from either illegal poaching or unintended catch in [...]
ULSAN, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Ulsan is set to become a new R&D hub for South Korea’s battery industry. According to city officials on Wednesday, construction of UNIST’s Battery R&D Center will wrap up in March. The 17.7-billion-won ($15 million) center was funded by both UNIST (2.7 billion won) and the government (15 billion [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean Internet giant Naver announced Wednesday the launch of ConA (Context Recognition AI), an artificial intelligence platform that automatically recommends travel destinations overseas. According to Naver, ConA uses deep learning technology and makes use of big data from online tour sites or restaurant information to come up with [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The net asset of South Korea’s overseas investment fund is forecast to reach 100 trillion won (US$84.5 billion) soon, as investors are seeking higher returns amid declining rates, market watchers said Thursday. The figure hit a record high of 91.7 trillion won on Friday after surpassing the 90 trillion [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it will unveil its next flagship smartphone, the G6, at an annual technology fair in Spain next month, as it struggles to revive its money-losing smartphone business. In a teaser video released earlier in the day on its YouTube and Facebook accounts, LG hinted [...]