JEJU, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Island will host an eco-themed camping and cooking festival powered entirely by renewable energy from local wind farms, as part of efforts to promote carbon neutrality and sustainable living. The two-day RE100 Camping & Cook Festa will take place on October 18–19 at the Dongbok and Bukchon wind power [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Global asset manager Franklin Templeton has identified South Korea as one of the key drivers of the global emerging market rally this year, highlighting its diversified industrial base and robust stock market performance. In a report released Tuesday, the firm noted that emerging market equities have surged more than 28 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A holographic police system installed in a central Seoul park has captured international attention as a novel and effective approach to urban crime prevention. The virtual patrol, introduced last year by the Jungbu Police Station in Jeodong 3 Park, uses a life-sized hologram police officer that greets passersby and broadcasts [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean pianist Lim Yunchan, 21, widely regarded as one of the world’s most promising classical musicians, has drawn public attention after comments he made two months ago to an Italian newspaper resurfaced online — remarks in which he described his teenage years in South Korea as “painful” and “suffocating.” [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics’ latest innovation — a hybrid air purifier and cat tower — has been named one of Time magazine’s “Best Inventions of 2025,” recognized for its creative blend of design, technology, and pet-friendly functionality. Time praised the LG PuriCare AeroCat Tower as “a sleek, space-saving air purifier that benefits [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — What began as a side business rooted in Korean culinary tradition has become a full-fledged export strategy for the nation’s top hotels. As premium kimchi gains traction among global consumers, luxury hotel brands are ramping up production and shipping abroad. According to the hospitality industry on Tuesday, Walkerhill Hotel [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — In movie theaters across North America, audiences recently sang in unison — in Korean. The occasion was a sing-along screening of K-Pop Demon Hunters, the Netflix animated hit whose theme song “Golden” has become an anthem for fans of K-culture. For many, the moment marked how far the Korean [...]
JEJU, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Province’s pilot program encouraging food delivery in reusable containers has surpassed 2,000 orders in less than two months, signaling strong public support for the island’s ambitious campaign to curb single-use plastics. Launched on Aug. 13 in Jeju City’s Yeon-dong and Nohyeong-dong districts, the “Yonggi-inneun Jumun” (“Courageous Order”) service allows [...]
SEOCHEON, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – In March 1919, cries of “Manse for Korean independence” rang out across a market square in Seocheon County, South Chungcheong Province, as more than 2,000 villagers rallied against Japanese colonial rule. More than a century later, that historic site has taken on a new life — as a café [...]
DAEJEON, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s national standards institute has unveiled an artificial eye designed to mimic the human retina, a breakthrough aimed at improving the accuracy of diagnostic imaging for retinal diseases. The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) said Monday it has developed a “retinal phantom,” a synthetic model [...]