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Crurated Partners with More than 50 World Renowned European Winemakers to Raise Funds for Ukraine Relief Efforts

Crurated Partners with More than 50 World Renowned European Winemakers to Raise Funds for Ukraine Relief Efforts

LONDON, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The world’s top wine producers are responding to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine in an innovative way. Crurated, the London-based membership wine community designed to connect connoisseurs with world-class producers, has announced it is dedicating the week of March 14-20, 2022 for The All Heart Auction, an online event auctioning [...]

Yoon to Overhaul Presidential Office into Public-private Committees

Yoon to Overhaul Presidential Office into Public-private Committees

SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s presidential office, or Cheong Wa Dae, is expected to undergo sweeping changes both externally and internally under the incoming government of President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol, who has promised a smaller and less powerful presidential office, informed officials said Friday. Yoon won Wednesday’s presidential election on campaign pledges on [...]

Seoul City Unveils Virtual Influencer Candidates to Promote Dongdaemun Fashion District

Seoul City Unveils Virtual Influencer Candidates to Promote Dongdaemun Fashion District

SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government on Friday unveiled three virtual influencer candidates for promotional ambassador of the capital’s central fashion district of Dongdaemun. The profiles of the candidates — Ha Ri-ra, Seo Hi and Mo I-da — are available on the city government’s online voting website, where a four-day public [...]

Wildfires on East Coast Burn Nearly 24,000 ha of Woodland, Most Devastating on Record

Wildfires on East Coast Burn Nearly 24,000 ha of Woodland, Most Devastating on Record

SEOUL, March. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The ongoing wildfires in east coastal mountain areas have so far burned nearly 24,000 hectares of woodland since they started a week ago, becoming the country’s most devastating on record, a government agency said Friday. The blaze that started in the east coastal town of Uljin last Friday, about [...]

N. Korea Fiddling with ICBM Card to Pressure U.S. to Ease Sanctions: Experts

N. Korea Fiddling with ICBM Card to Pressure U.S. to Ease Sanctions: Experts

SEOUL, March. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea’s recent “reconnaissance satellite” development tests and leader Kim Jong-un’s subsequent visits to its space agency and long-range rocket test site could be carefully calibrated events to heap pressure on the United States, analysts said Friday. The chain of choreographed episodes signals Pyongyang has edged closer to making [...]

Insurance Firms Roll Out EV Insurance Products amid Expectation for Deregulation Under New Gov’t

Insurance Firms Roll Out EV Insurance Products amid Expectation for Deregulation Under New Gov’t

SEOUL, March. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Sentiment is growing that the insurance industry needs to pay more attention to electric vehicle (EV) insurance products as a new channel for growth after main opposition candidate Yoon Suk-yeol was elected South Korea’s next president on Thursday. Yoon pledged that he will freeze EV charging fees over the [...]

Hyundai Ranks Below Average in J.D. Power’s Customer Service Rating

Hyundai Ranks Below Average in J.D. Power’s Customer Service Rating

SEOUL, March. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group, the South Korean automotive group which has Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. under its wing, received a failing grade in U.S. marketing information service firm’s customer service satisfaction study. According to the J.D. Power U.S. Customer Service Index (CSI) Study, Hyundai, Kia, along with Hyundai’s [...]

Military Enthusiasts in S. Korea Step Up to Send Donations to Ukraine

Military Enthusiasts in S. Korea Step Up to Send Donations to Ukraine

SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean military enthusiasts have stepped up to help Ukraine. The enthusiasts have begun donating combat uniforms, helmets and combat boots, as seen on Twitter and other social media platforms. The Ukrainian Embassy in Seoul did not make any public requests for donations of military equipment. However, the embassy [...]