SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The Chinese remake of the popular South Korean film “Miss Granny” has surpassed 10 million viewers in China, the movie’s South Korean co-producer said Tuesday. Since its release on Jan. 8 in 5,500 theaters across China, the Chinese-language film with the same English title, “Miss Granny,” had been watched by [...]
BEIJING, Dec 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Hundreds of thousands of Chinese Web users have flocked to illegal video-streaming sites to see the “The Interview,” a Sony Pictures parody film about a plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The satire film, which debuted in some 300 theaters across the United States on Christmas Day, has [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of the People’s Republic of China will soon announce a new regulation on foreign drama contents available on the Internet. Once the rule is in place, it would put a damper on the popularity of Korean dramas in China. [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea National Tourism Organization announced on September 14 that it expected more than 160,000 Chinese travelers would visit Korea during the Chinese National Day from October 1 through 7, which is 35 percent up from 118,000 visitors last year. The number of Chinese tourists to Korea from January [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – It’s no news that South Korea’s birthrate is startlingly low: The fertility rate of 1.19 children per woman is the second lowest among OECD member nations. Even the headlines like ‘South Korea’s final day will come in 2750′ have popped up, jolting the nation’s policy makers to come up [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) –‘China money’ is rapidly changing the overall landscape of Jeju Island, the Hawaii of South Korea, well known for its pristine water and scenic beauty, along with its unique culture. As of the first quarter of this year, Chinese investors owned 3.2 million square meters of the island’s land, about [...]
![[Feature] More Korean Companies in China Appreciate the Value of CSR](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/CSR_02-800x493.jpg "[Feature] More Korean Companies in China Appreciate the Value of CSR")
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) – More and more Korean companies are spending generously on employee welfare and making donations for good social causes. For example, a manufacturer with a production site in China’s Tianjin recently established a building for employees who take turn in three shifts so that they can take ample rest and [...]
![[Feature] Forest Donations: A New Model of Star Supporting by Fans](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/20130417220527_1028119319-1.jpg "[Feature] Forest Donations: A New Model of Star Supporting by Fans")
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) – It has been years since the so-called Korean Wave swept the world. These days it is not so hard to find fans in Korea or any place in the world cheer passionately for a Korean idol star. Sometimes the lengths the fans go to in expressing their love for the [...]
![[China Report] China Is Betting Big on IoT and Smart City Projects](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/6165179543_1f8f982292_z.jpg "[China Report] China Is Betting Big on IoT and Smart City Projects")
SEOUL, Korea, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) –The Strategic Alliance of Smart City Industrial Technology Innovation, an organization under the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, will create a fund of 50 billion yuan (US$8.05 billion). The gigantic fund, to be formed by June this year, will be used to pay for programs including smart city traffic [...]
![[China Report] Should E-cigarettes Be Regulated?](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/5057526065_cbf538ae18.jpg "[China Report] Should E-cigarettes Be Regulated?")
SEOUL, Korea, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) –As the demand for electronic cigarettes is rapidly on the rise, controversies arise as much as to whether e-cigarettes are really harmless as the marketers say they are. Since 2008 when the first shipment of e-cigarettes arrived in Korea, the importers have insisted that the smokeless cigarettes are an [...]