YEONGJONG, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Staff at Incheon International Airport’s new second terminal are aware of the inevitability of lost travelers running late, a logistical dilemma exacerbated when these tardy individuals are stuck in a brand new passenger terminal with no clue as to how to get to their flight. To alleviate these problems [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Sixteen-year-old K-pop singer Samuel had himself a sweet sixteen on January 18. The singer’s entertainment agency told Yonhap News that fans had put up signs wishing Samuel a happy 17th birthday (Samuel is 17 in Korean age) on digital screens at New York City’s Times Square. According to Brave [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — An underground tunnel connecting South Korea and China appears to be a possibility limited only by time and money. A research report detailing the nuts and bolts of how such a project would work was commissioned by a dozen cities and counties located throughout the eastern and western provinces [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A 24-hour hotline for parents of severely ill children to call and set up house calls by a physician is one of a number of childcare initiatives to be trialed by the government going forward. Though house calls are not completely unheard of, the financial costs associated with offering [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — For the second straight year, more performing arts tickets were purchased by women in their 30s than all other demographic categories. Two years ago, 69 percent of all entrance passes moved on South Korea’s largest online ticket booth, Interpark, were women. In 2017, 71 percent of the 1.64 million [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — On January 18, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MTIE) previewed a list of reforms to South Korea’s Demand Response program that will kick in at a yet unspecified date this summer. Demand Response (DR) denotes a power-saving framework in which firms voluntarily reduce their energy use during [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — When shopping for home appliances via overseas direct purchasing — ordering products from online stores abroad and having the goods shipped to one’s personal address via a third party — stick to vacuum cleaners and avoid coffee machines, an overview of the market of has found. The Korea Consumer [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Among the U.S. bobsleigh team members soon to arrive in PyeongChang are athletes whose paths to the 2018 Winter Olympics have been more unconventional than most. As part of their buildup to the Olympics, NBC Sports recently covered the backgrounds of 31-year-old Nate Weber and 29-year-old Sam McGuffie holding [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean TV networks showcased their programs during this year’s NATPE Miami trade fair, the government agency that organized the event said Thursday. Considered one of the three largest broadcasting content trade fairs along with France’s MIPTV and MIPCOM, NAPTE Miami is the largest fair of its kind in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The Bank of Korea (BOK) on Thursday raised its economic growth forecast for this year on expectations of continued domestic demand recovery and robust export growth. The central bank forecast that South Korea’s gross domestic product (GDP) will grow 3 percent in 2018, faster than its previous estimate of [...]