SEOUL, Jul. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Regional authorities are increasingly looking towards the evening skyline as a potential revenue stream. The reasoning goes that successful nighttime activities will pull in a share of the tourism market, which should provide a boost to related businesses such as restaurants and lodgings. Andong City in Gyeongsangbuk Province has for years [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — “Returning Home”, a movie produced in Korea about the sex slave victims of the Japanese military, will be screened in Taiwan for the first time. Grandmothers’ House, a museum of Taiwan sex slave victims, said it would host the International Sex Slave Human Rights Film Exhibition from August 3 [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A new report has revealed that Koreans who are heavy internet users are also more likely to read print newspapers and books. According to a report on media consumption patterns among heavy internet users conducted by the Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI), over 35 percent said they regularly [...]
DAEGU, Jul. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — This year’s Daegu Chimac Festival kicked off yesterday with the English slogan “Be Together! Be Happy!” as K-pop groups Mamamoo and Ulala Session performed at Duryu Baseball Stadium for fried chicken and beer enthusiasts from across the nation, with the event scheduled to run through to the end of the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of IMAX movie tickets along with 3D and 4D films in South Korea drastically dropped during the first half of the year, a new industry report has revealed. According to the report on the South Korean movie industry released by the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) on Wednesday, the number [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A church that caters to those with hearing impairment will be built in Seoul in 2019. The Catholic Church for the Deaf of Seoul announced on Wednesday plans to build a church for deaf people in the neighborhood of Majang in Seongdong District. According to community officials, bishop Yu Gyeong-chon [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — From behind a small and tightly closed room came the seemingly unending ear-blasting sound of shattering, banging and, at times, high-pitched squealing and giggling. You might instantly think that this must be an ongoing crime scene or just simply dismiss it as nothing but a horror TV drama or [...]
CLIFFSIDE PARK, New Jersey, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A monument was unveiled in New Jersey Wednesday to commemorate the Korean women who were forced into sexual slavery for Japanese troops during World War II. The marble tablet was erected by the local Korean community in front of Trinity Episcopal Church near Cliffside Park during [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean dancers working overseas have returned to their homeland to perform this weekend. In a press briefing Wednesday for “The Korea World Dance Stars Festival 2017,” ballet dancers Kang Hyo-jung, Jin Se-hyun, Lee Ji-young, Jeong Han-sol and Kim Se-yeon agreed that the level of Korean ballet dancers is on [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s leading online search company Naver announced that as of today, it will lift the 200-character limit put in place for “Papago”, its artificial intelligence powered translation service. By doing so, Naver has decided to challenge Google head on for supremacy in the Korean translation market. As the two [...]