![[Kobiz Feature] Rise of Nuts as Healthy Alternative to Junk Snack](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/6724937799_1221b6ef67_z.jpg "[Kobiz Feature] Rise of Nuts as Healthy Alternative to Junk Snack")
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Nuts, such as peanuts, walnuts, pistachios, and almonds, have become popular among Korean consumers for the past few years. The love of nuts is going strong of late, especially in the form of small packages of 25 to 30 grams a pack. The small-pack nuts are well liked by busy [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s first “resort house complex” will be built near Chuncheon, 70 kilometers northeast Seoul. Hanwon Group, the real estate developer with experience in building apartments, residential-commercial complexes, shopping malls, and golf courses for the past 20 years, said recently that it would set to develop resort houses “The Spring” near the [...]
![[Kobiz Feature] The Age of Porridge Has Come](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/4394141803_e0cda6c986_z.jpg "[Kobiz Feature] The Age of Porridge Has Come")
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The College Scholastic Ability Test for the 2014 academic year has ended on November 7. The once-a-year exam is a big national event in which everyone is affected in one way or another. Trading on the nation’s stock market was delayed for an hour, opening at 10 am, instead [...]
![[Kobiz Feature] Environmentally Friendly Offerings Flooding the Market](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/7002096699_e2deb5c9d8_z.jpg "[Kobiz Feature] Environmentally Friendly Offerings Flooding the Market")
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 06 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of patients suffering from the condition of atopic dermatitis, a form of chronic inflammation of the skin with symptoms of severe itchiness, is on the rise rapidly. Believed to be caused by deteriorating air quality, it affects people of all age groups including small babies and children. According [...]
![[Kobiz Feature] Bike Commuting: New Trend That Will Create a Huge Market](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/18753119_m.jpg "[Kobiz Feature] Bike Commuting: New Trend That Will Create a Huge Market")
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 04 (Korea Bizwire) – Recently bicycle commuting has become a fad, with the number of those riding bikes to work on the rise at an accelerated pace. According to data published by job portal career.com, two out of ten office workers (18.8%) use their bicycles to go to work. As to why they [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Oct 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Hana Tour, the package tour operator, has launched a new tour package “Eco-friendly Jeju Tour” under which customers can rent an electric car. The offer includes an all-electric car and lodging in a luxury recreational vehicle or a resort hotel. The company offers this jointly with SK Networks [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Oct 18 (Korea Bizwire) – These days, more and more Koreans eat salad as a meal, reflecting the vogue of healthful eating. According to June data on seasoning sales by Lotte Mart, one of Korea’s largest retail outlets, the sales of vinegar were 30.5 percent higher than those for salt, clearly showing the [...]
![[Kobiz Feature] The Rise of New Breed: Night Exercisers](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/512290568_bb239f96bb_o-800x535.jpg "[Kobiz Feature] The Rise of New Breed: Night Exercisers")
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The average time for Koreans to go to bed is getting late. Last year, Gallup Korea conducted a survey on 1,218 men and women over 19 years of age about their time to sleep, get up, and average hours of sleep. The results were: the average time to [...]
INCHEON, South Korea, Oct 14 (Korea Bizwire) — An event will be open to give visitors to it a chance to sample foods from all around the world. The Incheon Metropolitan City Government, in partnership with the Korea Food Service Industry Association, will hold the “2013 Incheon World Food Culture Exposition” for three days between October [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct 10 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics has launched ten new “airwasher” models that can double as a humidifier on October 9 ahead of the dry winter season. All the models are activated by voice commands when turning on or off the machine. With a total of 46 humidifier discs inside the device, [...]