SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Those taking a taxi in the Philippines should check first to see if anyone is hiding in the car, particularly in the back seat, according to the South Korean Embassy in Manila. A South Korean tourist was robbed while riding a taxi in the Malate district of Manila late [...]
INCHEON, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 100 Myanmar refugees who came to South Korea from camps in Thailand and other places from 2015 to 2018 have all successfully resettled in the Bupyeong district of Incheon, about 40 kilometers west of Seoul, government officials said Monday. A total of 112 refugees from Myanmar arrived [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Big-spending customers are a prime target for car companies, luxury brands, department stores and most other businesses as their purchasing can make up a huge portion of their revenues. South Korea’s department stores are elevating their VIP shopping experience by refurbishing their outlets, expanding their VIP concierge services and [...]
SANCHEONG, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Sancheong County in southeastern South Korea, which has gained fame as the hometown of Park Hang-seo, the popular South Korean head coach of Vietnam’s national football team, will push to build a Vietnam-friendly village to attract more tourists from the Southeast Asian country, officials said Saturday. The South Gyeongsang [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean unit of U.S. retail giant Costco Wholesale Corp. has stopped providing free diced onions at its food courts. Online commentary has suggested that the move is a natural consequence of overindulgence on the part of Korean consumers, and that Costco customers had it coming for stealing [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s taxi industry has challenged the taxi-hailing service market dominated by mobility companies. Launched Thursday, the Onda Taxi app is attracting attention in that it is the first call service introduced by the city’s two largest taxi unions against Kakao Taxi and Tada. The Onda taxi service will be [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A district in Seoul offered milk delivery as an idea to prevent solitary death among senior citizens. Songpa District said Thursday it will launch a milk delivery business next month to help keep an eye on senior citizens. According to the plan, milk will be delivered three times a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of young South Koreans suffering from depression jumped nearly twofold in five years, data showed Friday. The data from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) showed some 98,400 people in their 20s were diagnosed with depression last year, compared to some 50,000 tallied in 2014. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean imports of Japanese beer tumbled more than 99 percent on-year in the past two months due to a boycott of Japanese products amid a bilateral trade row, data showed Friday. South Korea brought in Japanese beer worth US$38,000 in October, down 99.5 percent from a year earlier, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean scientists have developed an algorithm that can detect instantaneous drowsiness via brainwaves, opening a new possibility for preventing car accidents caused by nodding off at the wheel. A research team from Seoul National University Bundang Hospital announced on Wednesday that it had applied machine learning to brainwave [...]