SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – An increasing number of call centers are moving to ensure their workers’ right to hang up on unruly customers, as part of efforts to tackle emotional abuse from rude callers. The right to hang up is a self-explanatory policy increasingly adopted in the service sector in South Korea that [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – While the city of Pohang and its surrounding regions continue to deal with aftershocks from the 5.4-magnitude earthquake that struck the day before, the government delivered its own stunning blow by postponing the state-administered college entrance exam to November 23. Originally scheduled to take place on November 16, the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Traditional Korean instruments will be a rare sight at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic, as officials announced a ban on loud musical instruments during competitions. According to the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Games on Wednesday, a number of musical instruments will be banned at stadiums [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The new Pororo movie, which is expected to premiere next month, will receive the ScreenX treatment at South Korean cinema chain CGV. CGV announced on Wednesday that the latest Pororo’s movie will be released as a ScreenX film with extra content displayed on additional screens to the right and [...]
CHANGWON, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Navy joined the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics torch relay in Changwon on Tuesday. The Olympic flame was carried by a Navy official on Munmu the Great, the first time in history an Olympic torch relay has taken place on a Navy destroyer, according to the PyeongChang Organizing Committee. Representing [...]
SUWON, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The World Toilet Association is scheduled to hold its fourth general meeting in Suwon to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The international organization dedicated to creating a toilet revolution is holding a general meeting next week at the Ibis Ambassador Suwon in Gyeonggi Province. Some 150 participants from 22 countries are [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Melania Trump is back in Washington D.C. after accompanying her husband Donald Trump on his trip to Asia, but her charm and soft power that appealed to the South Korean public linger on. The First Lady returned to the U.S. after visiting Japan, South Korea and China with U.S. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite news continuing to filter out about South Korea and China’s mending relationship post-THAAD disagreement, the political and business sectors are taking the lessons learned from an overreliance on China to heart by ramping up efforts to establish a foothold in ASEAN member countries, or what some in South [...]
GIMHAE, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2018 PyeongChang Olympics torch relay began in South Gyeongsang Province over the weekend, with scores of torchbearers holding the flame aloft, including disabled athletes. Paralympic swimmer Kim Se-jin and aspiring swimmer Kim Dong-hoon were among the torch bearers during the first day of the torch relay in South Gyeongsang [...]
INCHEON, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Tens of thousands attended the World Club Dome Korea 2017, generating economic spinoffs of billions of won for the local economy. According to the Incheon Metropolitan City Government, this year’s World Club Dome, which was held between September 22 and 24, attracted 120,000 people, with an economic impact of 128 [...]