PAJU, South Korea, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Celebrating the upcoming Children’s Day, the Gyeonggi government is hosting a special event for families at the Imjingak Peace Park (Pyeonghwa-nuri) on May 5. The highlight of the event is the display of 800 panda dolls made with recycled paper around the park, promoting environmental preservation and sustainable [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Wednesday that it has partnered with two additional tailors in Sinchon and Wangsimni for its free suit rental initiative starting May 22. The city launched the service last year near Konkuk University to help unprivileged job seekers amid South Korea’s rising youth unemployment rate. [...]
DAEJEON, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Patent applications for high-tech smart gloves are on the rise. According to the Korea Intellectual Property Office, the number of smart glove patent applications quadrupled over the past five years (2012 to 2016) to an average of 17.8 per year from what was 4.6 patents between 2007 and 2011. [...]
YEONGJONGDO, South Korea, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s first casino and hotel complex was unveiled at a grand opening outside of Seoul on Thursday, as the country is struggling to cope with a dearth of Chinese visitors in the wake of a diplomatic row with its neighbor. Paradise City marked its official opening [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government is considering establishing an institution tasked with inspecting applications for refugee status due to a steady rise in the number of people seeking asylum in the country, government officials said Thursday. A long-running civil war in Syria and other disturbances have created a refugee crisis [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Online shopping malls are partnering with premium children’s brands as sales in the segment are growing faster than for cheaper labels, industry watchers said Thursday. First-quarter sales of brand name children’s clothing and accessories increased 43 percent on-year at online mall 11st Street, compared with a 34.7 percent rise [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Chinese online shoppers’ direct purchases from South Korea have not waned despite Beijing’s economic retaliations against Seoul, the latest statistics showed Thursday. According to the Beijing office of the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), South Korean products accounted for 13.6 percent of direct overseas purchases through China’s Tmall, the [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) – One out of three middle-aged men in South Korea show risky drinking patterns, suggesting heavy alcohol dependence, a study said Wednesday based on a health and nutrition survey carried out on more than 15,000 people. The study was conducted by professors Kim Dong-jun and Hong Jae-won of Inje University [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The chief of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Korea, the local cloud-computing service affiliate of the U.S. retail giant Amazon Inc., encouraged more businesses Wednesday to successfully make use of the on-demand network to promote their operations. “There is no need to worry whether to use or not to use [...]
SUWON, South Korea, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Amid rising concerns over climate change, the latest study by the Gyeonggi Green Environment Center anticipates that Gyeonggi Province – a province of 12 million surrounding the South Korean capital – could experience 166 days of summer by 2070. That is about 50 days longer than the [...]