SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A spin-off of long-running South Korean television show “Running Man” is among the Korean originals to be released on Disney+ after the service’s launch in the country on Nov. 12, its operator said Thursday. “Outrun by Running Man,” the first official spin-off of the SBS TV variety show, will [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — With children spending longer hours confined at home following the coronavirus outbreak, experts are warning of heightened concern for high blood pressure caused by obesity. A research team from Woorisoa Children’s Hospital conducted a health survey of 1,548 elementary school students (813 first-graders and 735 fourth-graders). They found that [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of South Korean scientists have developed a new biodegradable material that can replace microplastics used in cleansing and cosmetics products. A joint research from the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology and the Pohang University of Science and Technology announced on Wednesday that it had developed a candidate [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The smash-hit Korean-language drama series “Squid Game” has become Netflix’s most successful original content, the U.S. streaming giant said Wednesday. Netflix said the dystopian series had been viewed by more than 111 million accounts in the first 28 days since it debuted on Sept. 17. The previous record holder [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will donate AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam and Thailand, as it has enough doses to inoculate its own people and help other countries, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. South Korea is set to ship 1.1 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Vietnam and 470,000 doses to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Local authorities are opening up an additional number of pet adoption centers to find new families for abandoned pets. An abandoned animal adoption center that opened last October in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province has already sent away its 100th animal for adoption in less than a year. A new pet [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study revealed that migrant workers in South Korea have been struggling with economic difficulties and discrimination after the spread of COVID-19. Professor Shim Mi-seung from Chonnam National University and professor Park Ji-hyeon from Pyeongtaek University conducted extensive interviews last year with seven foreign workers who have experienced [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. doesn’t look that happy despite higher than expected sales of its new foldable smartphones primarily because the company is having difficulty satisfying robust demand due to a global chip shortage. The combined domestic sales of the Galaxy Z Fold3 and the Galaxy Z Flip3 surpassed the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Coffee Korea is facing demands from its employees to improve working conditions, as they staged a demonstration Thursday in protest of excessive workload stemming from the company’s marketing events. The Korean unit of the global coffee chain’s yearly sales jumped from 773.9 billion won (US$647 million) in 2015 to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to drag on, retailers are replacing certain recruiting processes with online examinations. GS Retail Co. is carrying out an artificial intelligence (AI)-based competency test to recruit candidates who have passed the first screening. First introduced late last year, the examination combines an aptitude test [...]