![[China Report] China’s Heavy Smog Drives Nouveau Riche out of the Country](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/smog-800x600.jpg "[China Report] China’s Heavy Smog Drives Nouveau Riche out of the Country")
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 22, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – After being awakened by serious problems caused by smog, which largely originates from China, Koreans — private and public in general — are stampeding to developing new smog forecast models as part of preemptive measures to fight against the grim air pollution. Now, it is one of the [...]
![[China Report] Korea Eyes Chinese Tourists with Deep Pockets Visiting Incheon](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2875827736_2224e426c6_b-800x533.jpg "[China Report] Korea Eyes Chinese Tourists with Deep Pockets Visiting Incheon")
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 20 (Korea Bizwire) – By 2018, an entertainment complex with a casino in it will be open on Yeongjong Island, which is located about 50 kilometers west of Seoul. This will be the centerpiece of Korea’s effort to attract the “youke” (Chinese tourists) based on geographical proximity. On March 18, the Ministry [...]
![[Kobiz Feature] How Unsustainable Factory Farming Can Be?](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/6916214572_c1ccb8ae51_c.jpg "[Kobiz Feature] How Unsustainable Factory Farming Can Be?")
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Since mid-January when the first case of bird flu was reported, as many as 10 million chickens and ducks have been killed as part of preemptive measures to contain the spread of the epidemic. Amid the massive slaughter of the fowls, the media is quiet about the travail [...]
![[Kobiz Infographics] Lack of Resolution? Get Slim with Conditions Change](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/다이어트가두리기법-영문-썸네일.jpg "[Kobiz Infographics] Lack of Resolution? Get Slim with Conditions Change")
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 18, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – If you are short on resolution or “willpower” to go on a diet, how about creating your “conditions” or enviroment to make it happen. Here are some effective tips to help shed your unwanted pounds off of your body. And you may have heard of how Odysseus escaped [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Feb 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Probably you know who “mystery shoppers” are. Now, warfare of nerves is sharpening between store clerks and the mystery shoppers and it is always hot. The mystery shoppers disguising themselves as normal customers by performing specific tasks such as purchasing a product, asking questions, filing complaints or behaving [...]
![[Kobiz Infographics] Do Humans own Life of an Animal?](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/동물원의-실태-영문-썸네일.jpg "[Kobiz Infographics] Do Humans own Life of an Animal?")
SEOUL, Korea, Feb. 25, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) - Recently, a death of a baby giraffe in a zoo in Copenhagen aroused controversy over the rights of human over animals. The zoo argued that the killing was an inevitable decision to prevent inbreeding and to cull its polulation. Does the zoo owns the lives of animals? [...]
![[Kobiz Feature] Nationalism: Parallels in Olympic Games and Automotive Industry](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/23890059_m-800x533.jpg "[Kobiz Feature] Nationalism: Parallels in Olympic Games and Automotive Industry")
SEOUL, Korea, Feb 25 (Korea Bizwire) – As most sport games are contested between national teams, they naturally become a matter of national pride. Among them, the Olympic Games are the premier stage of nationalist competition where every country can show their power like a battlefield without firing guns. Likewise, it’s the same in the [...]
![[Kobiz Feature] Hard Times to Be a Gas Station Owner](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/12405694_m-800x533.jpg "[Kobiz Feature] Hard Times to Be a Gas Station Owner")
SEOUL, Korea, Jan 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Only a decade ago, anyone who owns a gas station was considered one of local worthies. But today gas station operators are having a hard time even to stay in the black. Some of them go out of business or try hard to sell their properties before it’s too late. [...]
![[China Report] Chinese Tourists Becoming Big Spenders in Korea’s Dept Stores](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014021002708_1.jpg "[China Report] Chinese Tourists Becoming Big Spenders in Korea’s Dept Stores")
SEOUL, Korea, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The spending power of the “youkes” (Chinese terms for tourists) was indeed impressive. During the Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) season between February 1 and 9, the number of Chinese visitors in department stores in Korea was almost three times more than the usual time, with the sales volume [...]
![[Kobiz Infographics] Forgot Your Phone Number? You Might Suffer from “Digital Dementia”](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/디지털치매-썸네일.jpg "[Kobiz Infographics] Forgot Your Phone Number? You Might Suffer from “Digital Dementia”")
SEOUL, Korea, Jan 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A reported surge in “digital dementia” has attracted many smartphone users’ interest here in Korea as the typical symptoms of “digital dementia” seem quite exactly applicable to their individual cases: failing to remember everday details like their phone numbers. According to a survey done by Do It Survey, one third [...]