PYEONGCHANG, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Pyeongchang’s specially created dishes for foreigners on its “2018 Special Menu” has captivated the taste buds of visitors to Gangwon Province for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics. Creative fusion dishes that range from filling meals to tasty desserts, the 2018 Special Menu is offered at 38 establishments throughout Pyeongchang. [...]
CHUNCHEON, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of National Defense’s recent announcement that it will lift restrictions on the movements of South Korean soldiers granted short term passes as well as abolish a rule requiring non-commissioned officer recruits to live on base for a designated period is causing a stir in communities near the [...]
DAEGU, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Demand for the glasses worn by skip Kim Eun-jung and Kim Seon-young of the South Korean women’s curling team has soared as the popularity of the so-called “Garlic Girls” is reaching ever greater heights thanks to their unexpected success at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. Both women wear glasses produced [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Expectations are the number of terminal patients who refuse life-sustaining treatment will rise going forward. A bill revising the law pertaining to medical treatment for life prolongation was approved in the parliamentary Health and Welfare Committee on February 22, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare. It appears [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – In advance of environmental safety standards beginning to be enforced on select young children’s facilities starting this year, the Ministry of Environment launched a 9-month environmental safety inspection last April and found that 25.2 percent – 1,170 of the 4,639 facilities inspected – possessed excessive hazardous substance concentrations. The facilities inspected [...]
GEOCHANG, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – With curling enjoying explosive popularity thanks to the exploits of the South Korea women’s Olympics squad, which qualified for the semi-finals with a tournament-leading 8-1 record, a domestic manufacturer of curling stones based in Geochang County is gaining attention. After three years of research, starting this year the Geochang [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – According to the records of 1366, the nationwide emergency hotline for women, there were 289,032 cases of counseling provided to victims of violence last year, an 8.3 percent increase over 2016. Counseling cases for familial violence, which increased by 15,000 year-on-year, were most frequent, comprising 62.4 percent of the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A 26.8km stretch of the Gangbyeon Expressway will become a “sun road”, with the Seoul government set to install solar panels on street lights, overpasses, bridges and retaining walls by the end of this year. The government estimates that the solar panels will generate 2.72 million kWh of energy [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – During its “Naver Connect 2018” business strategy presentation on February 21, the operator of South Korea’s predominant search engine announced a number of advanced technological features to be released in order to aid small businesses and content creators. Small retail enterprises that conduct business on Naver’s shopping platform will [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s fisheries output increased sharply last year due mainly to strong demand and an increase in sea algae production, government data showed Thursday. According to the data by Statistics Korea, fisheries output came to 3.74 million tons last year, up 14.5 percent, or 474,000 tons, from 2016. The [...]