SEOUL, March 26 (Yonhap) — Red Velvet will sing two of its latest hits, “Red Flavor” and “Bad Boy,” during two rare performances by a South Korean troupe in Pyongyang next week, sources well informed of the shows said Monday. They said the girl group submitted a list of five or more songs to a [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Fake bomb threats and other hoax calls made to emergency services and the police are on the rise, worrying civilians and draining public resources. Compared to the past, the authorities are taking a much harder line on these false reports. An insider with ties to the National Police Agency’s [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite government efforts to persuade South Korean rice farmers to grow different crops, the majority have refused to budge due to the twin factors of the highest rice prices in three years and a natural disinclination to try their hand at growing other crops after a lifetime of rice [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Hite Jinro Co., a major South Korean liquor maker, said Friday it will soon ship 30,000 bottles of its new “Chamnamootong Margeunisul” soju, the traditional Korean distilled liquor, to Hong Kong. The premium soju will be distributed to restaurants, supermarkets and bars through local distributors. The new brand with [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The head of South Korean biopharmaceutical firm Celltrion Inc. said Friday that the company is considering building a plant in Asia in a move to boost production capacity amid rising sales. “I will prioritize a country where Celltrion can have 100 percent stake in the plant to prevent technology [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Changdeok Palace’s Nakseonjae Hall will be open to the public until the end of next month as a special spring tour program, the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) said Friday. The seasonal program, set to run at 10:30 a.m. from Thursday to Saturday on March 29-April 28, will take visitors [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Shareholders of Hana Financial Group Inc. approved a third term for current Chairman Kim Jung-tai on Friday. Kim, 66, was nominated for a third term in January and the approval was made at the financial holding firm’s regular shareholder meeting earlier in the day. The chairman started his career [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Manufacturers of portable oxygen canisters will be obligated to submit test results proving their safety and effectiveness, starting November 1, when applying for the license to sell them, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) said Friday. The producers of the oxygen canisters are required to show that [...]
SEJONG, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — To improve the air inside South Korean subway stations that is breathed in and out by millions every day, the government has announced measures buttressed by a 410.7 billion won budget to lower average PM10 levels by 13.5 percent from 69.4㎍/㎥ to 60 ㎍/㎥. By the end of June, [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon held a government meeting at the Seoul government complex yesterday where he led discussions on 27 initiatives aimed at resolving longstanding difficulties facing trauma centers. Public awareness of trauma centers first skyrocketed last November, when a North Korean soldier who had sustained gunshot wounds in [...]