SEOUL, Korea, Mar 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan City Government said on March 10 that it would open a flea market for foreign residents in Seoul at Gwanghwamun Plaza in downtown Seoul on March 23 so that they can buy and sell goods like clothes, books, and other sundry goods. The market [...]
LOS ANGELES, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Known as one of the premier world-class brands in South Korea, Shinsegae has begun construction on the nearly 145,000 square-meter Kimhae Center located in South Gyeongsang Province. Designed by Los Angeles-based architecture and urban design firm, The Jerde Partnership, the new center integrates outdoor culture and community spaces with [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 5 (Korea Bizwire) – It’s a little bit annoying to receive and check text messages or Facebook alerts while driving and it can often cause a tragic accident. For those who want to check the message without being disrupted, getting a smartphone application reading the message out loud is the way to [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Four out of five Korean teens possess smartphones and of all the functions they use mostly for chatting through mobile messengers services like KakaoTalk. Also, one out of four has had experience viewing adult contents through them. According to the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family which conducted [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Lee Sul-gi, housewife in her late 30s, recently bought a clothing item at a department store. Three days later, she went back to the same department store to buy something else and found out the item she had bought was sold at a 30 percent discount, which infuriated [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Feb 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The total number of books published last year was 43,146, with the total number of copies reaching 8.65 million, according to the Korea Publishers Association. As these are figures the association collected based on the books submitted to the National Library of Korea and the National Assembly Library [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Feb 21 (Korea Bizwire) – According to a recent survey, Korean adults read 9.2 books a year, less than a book a month. However, students read much more books than adults, albeit the books are mostly for their study. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism conducted the survey on the [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Feb 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Donation seems something noble for ordinary people and they think about sending money to somewhere when it comes to donation. However, the donation trend is now changing drastically. Buying a bottle of moistener nearby a cosmetic shop can help starving children in Africa. Recently, a small cosmetics maker Sweet [...]
![[China Report] Chinese Tourists Becoming Big Spenders in Korea’s Dept Stores](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014021002708_1.jpg "[China Report] Chinese Tourists Becoming Big Spenders in Korea’s Dept Stores")
SEOUL, Korea, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The spending power of the “youkes” (Chinese terms for tourists) was indeed impressive. During the Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) season between February 1 and 9, the number of Chinese visitors in department stores in Korea was almost three times more than the usual time, with the sales volume [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – As the economic recession deepens, people’s spending power weakens too. In order to cope with the hard times, more and more people rely on ingenious ideas such as sharing and rental instead of outright purchasing. The practice of rental has been with us for years when it comes to [...]