SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Before an assembly of 250 domestic and foreign media personnel, President Moon Jae-in expounded upon his vision for South Korea’s 2018 on January 10. Moon’s New Year’s address was both populist and pacifist; the president emphasized improving the quality of life for the average citizen and reaffirmed his dedication [...]
BUCHEON, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Manhwa Contents Agency is set to hold an exhibition of cartoons in Los Angeles as part of promotional activities for the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics. Combining the Winter Olympic Games and South Korean cartoons, the exhibition will be held around a month before the Olympics kick off, with [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean Air will fly a special jet airliner emblazoned with the official Olympic mascots to promote the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The promotional Airbus A330-200 aircraft will feature the mascots of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics and Paralympics, Suhorang and Bandabi, on its fuselage, Korean Air said on [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The core copyright industries are playing an increasing role in South Korea, collectively making a growing contribution to the economy. The Korea Copyright Commission released data on Tuesday which revealed that the core copyright industries including broadcasting, performances, and creative work made more contributions to the South Korean economy in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans are increasingly having discussions over their unique way of calculating age, which has met as much curiosity as the confusion it has generated. Known as East Asian age reckoning, many Asian countries used to follow the practice of understanding age one as the starting point of life. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Questions are being raised as to why the marketing of alcohol is not receiving the same level of attention from regulators as tobacco products are. These viewpoints were expressed as a special committee formed by the Ministry of Health and Welfare held its first meeting last week at the [...]
INCHEON, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwie) — Incheon Airport will provide emergency medical services during the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. According to the Incheon city government, medical staff from four local general hospitals including Gachon University Gil Hospital, Inha University Hospital, International St. Mary’s Hospital and Gumdan Top General Hospital will be dispatched to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The latter half of last year was marked by a rash of high profile accidents that have made public safety a major concern for South Korean society. Among the high profile incidents in the previous two months were a rare 5.4-magnitude earthquake that rocked the southeastern city of Pohang [...]
SEOGWIPO, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Seogwipo City has said it will erect an example of Jeju Island’s signature rock statue ‘dol hareubang’ in Qinhuangdao, China to promote the island. The city of Seogwipo is spending 20 million won to produce a dol hareubang statue, which will then be moved via ship to Beidaihe District, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Windproof tents have been introduced at a number of bus stops in Seoul’s Jung District. According to the Jung-gu District Office on Thursday, the tents dubbed ‘ongitong’, which means ‘warmth tub’ in English, were set up at 16 bus stops located within the district to help passengers withstand Seoul’s [...]