SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Setting the picture of your dream body as your smartphone wallpaper may actually help with your weight problem. According to 365mc Hospital (a Seoul obesity clinic), frequently exposing oneself to such “wannabe” pictures – whether they be of glamorous celebrities, or simply of their fitter-selves from the past – [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s recent commitment to nurture the local motion picture industry comes after a TV series by tvN, Guardia: The Lonely and Great God (also referred to as “Goblin”), became a major hit on Taiwanese television. During a luncheon meeting on Tuesday, President Tsai emphasized the importance [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Husbands are more satisfied with their marriages than wives in South Korea, a survey showed Thursday, indicating that married men’s involvement in household work is still insufficient. The survey of 476 married men and 576 married women, conducted between June and November last year, showed that 72.2 percent of [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s imports of candies and chocolates reached a fresh record high last year on growing demand for foreign confectioneries, customs data showed Thursday. A record US$373 million worth of chocolates and candies, or 64,000 tons, were imported last year, up 8.8 percent from a year earlier, according to [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will build 240 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at shopping malls and railway stations by the end of 2017 as a way to expand infrastructure for green cars in urban areas, the government said Thursday. According to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, 230 EV super [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., a major shipyard in South Korea, said Thursday that it has signed a letter of intent with a U.S. firm to build up to seven floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs). Under the deal with Excelerate Energy, Daewoo Shipbuilding will receive an order [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will extend national roads by over 900 kilometers this year, greatly improving the accessibility of the entire nation while also helping boost the local economy, the government said Thursday. Also, more than 60 percent of 7.3 trillion won (US$6.37 billion) in government budget earmarked for the construction [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s daily sodium intake per capita was 3,871mg in 2015. Although this is a big improvement from the 4,546mg recorded in 2012, it still far exceeds the WHO recommended amount of 2,000mg. On Wednesday, researchers from Inje University Seoul Paik Hospital shed new light onto the sodium intake [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced Tuesday comprehensive measures to improve subway platform screen doors to better prevent subway malfunctions, and potentially fatal accidents. Despite the doors having been implemented to prevent railway accidents, they have been met with limitations, often deadly. Seven people have been killed [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean construction companies racked up a record in domestic orders last year, aided by a boom in the local property market, offsetting a slump in overseas projects, industry data showed on Wednesday. According to the data compiled by the Construction Association of Korea, local builders received a record [...]