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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea head coach Paulo Bento said Monday his side are confident they can beat Bahrain in the round of 16 at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup, although they expect it’s not going to be an easy match. South Korea will take on Bahrain [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix on Monday unveiled to media its first original Korean drama series, which has drawn much anticipation for its big budget and acclaimed creative team. “Kingdom,” which premieres globally on the U.S. video streaming service Friday, is a genre-defining six-episode zombie mystery thriller set in the last Korean kingdom [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gwanghwamun Plaza, a national landmark located in the heart of Seoul, will be greatly expanded to be reborn as the capital’s cultural, historical and transportation hub, the municipal government said Monday. The size of Gwanghwamun Plaza, next to Gyeongbok Palace, the main royal palace of the Joseon Dynasty, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — An international online taekwondo championship will be launched this year, enabling people around the world to participate in it and make exchanges each other, the event’s organizer said Monday. “We’ve decided to open the World Online Taekwondo Championships for the first time in the world this year,” Seo Hyun-seok, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A variety of innovative items are being released to tackle fine dust, with consumers looking beyond the typical masks or air purifiers. Mobile oxygen cans and wearable air purifiers have recently been gaining popularity. Gmarket, a major South Korean online shopping mall, said sales of mobile oxygen cans in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean pharmaceutical companies are expressing grave concern as a recent Supreme Court decision may freeze the development of certain incrementally modified drugs. For long, pharmaceutical companies in South Korea have been releasing modified drugs that change certain saline substances, the strength, and dosage regimen of the original drug [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — According to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp., the average frequency of drinking for mainstream consumers was 8.8 days a month, which was the same as the previous year. The survey was conducted with the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Smokers often mistakenly think that reducing the number of cigarettes smoked in a day will lower their health risks. However, studies have shown that even those who smoke a little bit have a significant risk of hardened arteries. These findings were based on a study conducted by a research [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — It has been reported that since the introduction of the government imposed 52-hour workweek, the number of individuals attending department store cultural centers has increased. Lotte Department Store, the country’s leading retailer, reported on Monday that the number of students attending its cultural centers had increased by 3.5 percent [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s fixed-line operator SK Broadband Inc. said Monday that it is pushing to increase its network capacity to deal with the growing number of people using services offered by U.S. video streaming platform Netflix. The company is planning to increase its data transfer speed for high-speed networks to [...]