SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has found that “Untact” service, which helps users minimize contact with people and provides services with limited human interaction, increased sharply for customers in their 40s. Hyundai Card, a credit card service provider, unveiled Wednesday the results of its analysis of data on the use of [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — ‘Smart Station’ services, first tested last April at Gunja Station located along Seoul Subway Line 5, will be introduced to Line 2. Seoul Transportation Corporation announced on Wednesday that it will turn all 50 stations on Line 2 into Smart Stations by next March Smart Stations allow integrated management [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of drivers caught driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) decreased by about 20 percent in the first week after a tougher anti-DUI law took effect on June 25, police said Wednesday. According to the National Police Agency (NPA), 270 DUI offenses were reported on a daily [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s agriculture ministry said Wednesday it is drawing up a five-year plan on improving the welfare of animals in the country, which will focus on adopting tougher regulations against animal cruelty and providing them with a better living environment. Under the 2020-2024 plan which is anticipated to be [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — As American pop icon Lady Gaga once inspired the U.S. pop scene to follow her example and find copycats, K-pop boy band BTS stands now as a force that changes the contours of the American pop industry, an American columnist specializing in K-pop said Tuesday. “In the grand scheme [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 120 billboards in Beijing paid for by South Korean companies were demolished overnight without any prior notification. Sources said that some 300 personnel hired by a public firm owned by the city of Beijing took down outdoor billboards located at bus stops on Chang’an Avenue on Saturday. The [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Hite Jinro Co., a major South Korean liquor producer, said Monday that it had held a series of promotional events in Paris, France, and London, England, to introduce Korean liquor. Hite Jinro opened a pop-up store dubbed “Corea Spirit 2019″ in Paris on May 29, and previously held a [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — For the K-pop industry, the last six months have been a nightmare. Starting with the Burning Sun incident, a number of famous singers and celebrities have been embroiled in a series of criminal allegations. Burning Sun, the club where former BIGBANG member Seungri was a inside board director, turned [...]
SEJONG, Jul. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The ratio of South Korean women who are in favor of getting married fell sharply last year from a decade ago, government data showed Monday, a trend that is blamed for the country’s chronically low birthrate. The data compiled by Statistics Korea said that 43.5 percent of women said [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans on Sunday expressed optimism that the peace process on the Korean Peninsula may quicken after the leaders of the United States and North Korea held a surprise meeting at the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjom. Earlier in the day, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader [...]