SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean grapes and strawberries are gaining popularity in Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and state-run Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp. (aT) reported grape exports of US$23 million last year, up by 64.2 percent over the previous year. Shine Muscats [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — U.N. human rights experts urged North Korea on Thursday to send back 11 South Koreans abducted half a century ago in the latest diplomatic pressure on the communist country. Korean Air Lines flight YS-11, with 51 people on board, was hijacked by a North Korean spy on Dec. 11, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A nationwide outpouring of support and encouragement is helping South Korean expatriates and Chinese families from Wuhan, China who came to South Korea to escape the coronavirus outbreak. A total of 170 South Koreans and their Chinese family members who returned to their home country via a chartered plane [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Kimchi imported from China has long frequented dinner tables in South Korea. Now, Korean kimchi is expected to show up on Chinese tables more often. South Korea’s state-run Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp. (aT) said Chinese consumers are increasingly drawn to Korean kimchi, known to be effective against [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Korea saw its net profit advance 18.5 percent in 2019 from a year earlier to a record high as the company continued to expand its number of stores here, data showed Thursday. Net profit came to 132.8 billion won (US$112.3 million), compared with 112 billion won posted a [...]
JEJU, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju haenyeo – female divers who are designated as a UNESCO World Heritage – are declining in number due to their aging population. The Jeju provincial government said Wednesday that there were a total of 3,820 haenyeo in the province as of the end of last year, down 2 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean airlines’ first-quarter earnings may be dismal as they suspended or reduced flights on international routes amid the spreading COVID-19 virus outbreak, analysts said Thursday. In their latest move to respond to the virus, Asiana Airlines Inc., the country’s second-biggest airline after Korean Air Lines Co., said it [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The craze over director Bong Jun-ho’s acclaimed film “Parasite” is sweeping through South Korean bookstores after the film’s record haul at the Academy Awards last weekend. Yes24, a local online bookstore, reported Tuesday that the film’s screenplay and storybook made had jumped into the list of the top 10 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Filming locations that appeared in director Bong Joon-ho’s masterpiece “Parasite” are trending as fans visit the venues in celebration of the film’s historic Oscars win. On Tuesday, fans were busy taking selfies in front of Sky Pizza, a family-run pizzeria that appears as Pizza Age in the black comedy. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Tuesday it will implement a registration program for cats in a wider range of regions starting next week amid a rising number of pets being abandoned by their owners or getting lost. The move comes after South Korea launched the voluntary registration program for a selected [...]