SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Motors Corp., South Korea’s second-largest carmaker by sales, said Tuesday it will unveil a compact sport utility vehicle concept at an automobile exhibition in India next month. The company plans to introduce the compact SP SUV concept at the 14th Auto Expo 2018, India’s largest motor show slated [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Demand for outdoor equipment requiring portable power generators is on the rise thanks to the proliferation of mobile gadgets and a growing public interest in outdoor recreational activities. To meet this demand, a host of ideas have been lodged with the Korean Intellectual Property Office; on January 30, the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — “Through youthful, strong, winning soccer, I will make Vietnam’s national team one of Asia’s best.” When South Korean soccer lifer and Vietnamese national team coach Park Hang-seo boldly pronounced his ambitions at a press conference in Hanoi on October 11, few could have predicted how prophetic his words would [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The signboard atop the largest gate leading to Gyeongbokgung Palace, the royal seat during the Joseon Dynasty, will be retouched with a black background and gold-colored lettering from its current white background with black letters. The Cultural Heritage Administration confirmed on January 30 the planned change to Gwanghwamun’s signboard is in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s state-run sports research agency said Tuesday it has been providing an array of scientific training programs to the country’s athletes to help them better perform at the 2018 Winter Games. The Korea Institute for Sports Science said the programs, utilizing virtual reality technologies, biometric equipment and even [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will adopt a tracking system for poultry meats and their eggs to provide consumers with information about the complete supply chain and minimize fallout from contagious animal diseases, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said the tracking system will record [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Calls are mounting on Tuesday for an investigation into a sexual harassment claim by a female prosecutor against a former senior justice ministry official. Seo Ji-hyeon, a public prosecutor at the Tongyoung branch of the Changwon District Prosecutors’ Office, insisted that she was unfairly moved to another post because [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Koreans changed residences from region to region at the lowest pace in 43 years last year due largely to a rise in housing prices and rapid aging, government data showed Tuesday. The number of people who moved to other regions in the country dropped 3 percent on-year to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has found that KakaoTalk is the most widely used internet platform among South Korean social networking site (SNS) users to access news coverage. Conducted and carried out by the Korea Press Foundation, data for the study was gathered via a survey of 2,108 SNS users between [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — European companies operating in South Korea view it as an attractive market but think the country is not always an easy place to do business, a poll showed Tuesday. According to the annual survey of 108 firms, South Korea is and will continue to be important economically, although some [...]