SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Boy band Seventeen, king of youth consolation and empathy among K-pop acts, on Monday returned with a highly anticipated new “special album” that’s all but guaranteed to become the group’s biggest commercial success. The six-track record, the band’s first new release in just four months since “Heng:garae” is titled [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Disputes have broken out between local residents and fishermen over Gangwon Province’s recent attempt to ban octopus fishing on the east coast. For now, local residents seem to have gained the higher ground. The Gangwon Provincial Council recently made an attempt to enact a new ordinance that bans non-fishermen [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Late night shopping at a local convenience store will now be possible without the help of staff – and you can leave your wallet at home, too. South Korean credit card company Shinhan Card Co., in tandem with BGF Retail Co., the operator of convenience store chain CU, recently [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeongyeon, a member of popular South Korean girl group TWICE, will not take part in promotional activities for their upcoming second album due to anxiety issues, her agency said Saturday. The JYP Entertainment made the announcement on the official TWICE fanclub community site, saying that her absence will be [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s state-run minting agency said that anti-counterfeit technology for currency will be used to crack down on the practice of changing labels to make counterfeit clothes appear to be genuine products. The Korea Minting, Security Printing & ID Card Operating Corp. (KOMSCO) will launch a security label pilot [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Forest Jazz Festival, an annual outdoor music festival held in Seoul, plans to deliver live music to audience members via wireless headphones to avoid coronavirus infections. The host organization announced Thursday that this year’s festival, to be held on Oct. 17-18 and 24-25 at Seoul Forest, will [...]
CHUNCHEON, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The sliding center that hosted the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province will house the world’s first ‘flying skeleton,’ a special chamber to try out the winter sliding sport. The provincial office announced Thursday that it expects to finalize plans to set up the flying skeleton by December, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Chen, a member of K-pop boy band EXO, will join the military later this month to fulfill his mandatory military service, his agency said Friday. The 28-year-old, whose legal name is Kim Jong-dae, is set to enlist on Oct. 26, according to SM Entertainment. The agency did not elaborate [...]
HWACHEON, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A crowdfunding campaign launched by students at Sanae High School, located in the remote county of Hwacheon, about 120 kilometers northeast of Seoul, to help stray cats has ended in success after surpassing fundraising goals. The crowdfunding campaign, which took place between Sept. 18-Oct. 12, was supported by 457 [...]
CHANGWON, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Gyeongsang Province is offering artificial intelligence (AI) and big data-based forecasts for prices of various crops to help farmers boost their income. The province introduced the price forecast system last April, the first of its kind in South Korea. The system offers forecasts on the prices of garlic, [...]