![[Stats] Main Tourist Attractions by Foreigners](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/관광객주요방문지역-영문-가로-800x313.png "[Stats] Main Tourist Attractions by Foreigners")
[Related Article] Chinese Tourists Grumble Communication Difficulties While Shopping in Korea (Korea Bizwire, May 9) The number of foreign tourists from China has been rapidly increasing as entry and departure formalities were simplified for them; however, the number of Japanese tourists has been decreasing due to a weak yen… (see the full text of this news) Infographics Design Team [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop group EXO set highest record of preorders with its new mini album “Overdose.” Released on May 7, EXO’s new album secured 658,710 copies of preorders (Korean version 372,160 copies and Chinese version 286,550 copies) and set record in the volume of preorders in mini album history. Upon releasing [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Billboard reviewed favorably the new music video of Akdong Musician “Give Love,” saying “another peppy, breezy track.” On May 5, Billboard introduced Akdong Musician’s third single “Give Love” and its music video. About the music video, Billboard said, “After a somber mini-film for second single ‘Melted,’ Akdong Musician released [...]
![[Infographics] SNORING,MAIN CAUSE OF YOUR INSOMNIA](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/코골이-영문-썸네일-1.png "[Infographics] SNORING,MAIN CAUSE OF YOUR INSOMNIA")
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) – You may not know you are snoring while you are sleeping. But it could cause your lovely family members to fail to get to sleep. Also, snoring can cause you hypertension and cardiac disorder. To avoid snoring, you need to sleep on your side, abstain from drinking alcohol and [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) – “Crush,” the second album of Korea’s quartet girl group 2NE1 ranked 61st on Billboard album chart, the highest ever score in the K-Pop history. 2NE1 also secured 22 percent of popularity rating in the “most popular K-Pop Girl Group” survey conducted by the “Girl Group Week” magazine. Billboard introduced “Come Back [...]
![[Feature] Temple Stay, Iconic Tourism Asset for “The Land of Morning Calm”](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/3930268889_581d613147_z.jpg "[Feature] Temple Stay, Iconic Tourism Asset for “The Land of Morning Calm”")
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) – In a survey taken three years ago, as many as 85 percent of Koreans said they are not happy. The news report was indeed shocking to the viewers. In a follow-up questionnaire about “spiritual quotient” in late 2011 conducted by the Cultural Corps of Korean Buddhism on 5,011 adults, asking [...]
![[Stats] Frequency of Simultaneous Media Usage While Watching TV](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/tv시청중-타매체-사용-영문.png "[Stats] Frequency of Simultaneous Media Usage While Watching TV")
[Related Article] One out of Two Uses Smartphone While Watching TV(Korea Bizwire, May 1) A study shows that almost one out of two people use a smartphone and watch TV at the same time.According to a report “Simultaneous Media Use While TV Watching” by the Korea Information Society Development Institute, which surveyed 6,240 family members over age [...]
![[Stats] Consumer Claims Associated with Wedding Hall Troubles](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/예식장-소비자피해-영문.png "[Stats] Consumer Claims Associated with Wedding Hall Troubles")
[Related Article] Excessive Cancellation Fee of Wedding Halls Now Ruled Illegal (Korea Bizwire, May 1) Wedding halls will now have to break away from the practice of forfeiting the deposit money even when couples cancel their bookings months before their wedding day. Furthermore, wedding halls are now banned from charging excessive cancellation fees when newlyweds call off [...]
![[Stats] Borrowers in Delinquency on Student Loans](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/학자금대출-영문.png "[Stats] Borrowers in Delinquency on Student Loans")
[Related Article] Gov’t to Relieve Student Loan Burden to 558,000 Borrowers (Korea Bizwire, May 1) A bill that would relieve the burden of those who are unable to pay back student loans has passed the National Assembly. The qualifications will, however, be restricted to those whose loans have been in arrears for more than six months [...]
![[Stats] Number of Startup Companies](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/신설법인수-영문.png "[Stats] Number of Startup Companies")
[Related Article] Start-up Rises out of Necessity, not by Entrepreneurship (Korea Bizwire, May 1) First-quarter figures for new start-ups signal that the economy may be finally in full recovery pace. Given there are many “micro” businesses whose capital is below 10 million won headed by middle-aged entrepreneurs, however, it is too early to tell… (see the full [...]