SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A French cooking school will offer courses in Korean cuisine and open its branch in South Korea later this year, a local foundation said Sunday. The Mir Foundation said Ecole Ferrandi will include Korean cuisine, known as “hansik,” as part of their regular school curriculum and establish its branch [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) – “Descendants of the Sun” has concluded what will go down in South Korean history as one of the brightest moments in TV with another renewed viewership record, data showed Monday. The KBS 2TV series garnered a 36.8 percent viewership on average over last week’s Wednesday-Thursday night broadcasts, data by [...]
TAEBEK, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The two locations where the epic Korean drama ‘Descendants of the Sun‘ was filmed, Taebek and Zákinthos (Greece), have entered an agreement for cooperation and exchange. Taebaek announced the joyous occasion after inking the agreement with the city of Zákinthos. ‘Descendants of the Sun’, a Korean drama which gave viewers all [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) - Actor Lee Min-ho was greeted by over 20,000 fans at promotional events in the Philippines for a global fashion brand that he models, his star agency said Sunday. Lee visited the Southeast Asian country from April 2-3 to promote Bench, a British clothing brand that is sold worldwide for whom he is [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics recently revealed a series of promotional videos for its new Q9500 ‘no-wind’ air conditioner featuring figure skater Kim Yuna. The new product keeps room temperature pleasant without producing wind. There are three parts to the video series – ‘no-wind air conditioning’, ‘no-wind dehumidification’, and ‘no-wind air purifying’. Each of [...]
PAJU, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The filming site of the sensational TV series “Descendants of the Sun” in Camp Greaves, the former U.S. military camp near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in Paju, north of Seoul, will turn into a foothold of the region’s tourism industry, provincial officials said Sunday. The camp, which is currently [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The director of ‘Descendants of the Sun‘, the TV drama which is taking Korea and China by storm, recently revealed details about the casting process. In an interview with China’s Xinhua News Agency in Seoul, director Lee Eung-bok said that Song Joong-ki was not the first choice for the role. [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Chinese media have put the ROK Army Special Forces (ROKA-SF) in the spotlight, due to the great popularity of the Korean drama ‘Descendants of the Sun’. The ROKA-SF was established on April 1, 1958. Troops from the unit typically infiltrate enemy camps, and execute operations such as guerilla fighting, disturbance [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) – An inter-city bus connecting major tourist attractions in South Korea began operations on Friday to provide foreign travelers with a convenient transportation option and introduce hidden treasures, a tourism promotion agency said. The “K-travel Bus” exclusively serves foreigners who want to travel outside the capital city, to boost travel [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) - South Korean conglomerate CJ has been the talk of the town for its thriving entertainment and cultural business to spread the Korean Wave beyond Asia, even drawing attention from the academic circle, company officials said Monday. A group of 30 students from Harvard Business School on Friday visited the CJ [...]