Suwon, S. Korea, August 02 (Korea Biz Wire) – The Rural Development Administration (RDA) announced that it has developed and distributed a new eco-friendly method of managing soil. The method involves growing cover crops that become ‘green manure’ on the slopes of highlands and by only cultivating areas where the plants will be sown, therefore preventing [...]
SEOUL, Korea, August 01 (Korea Bizwire) – Recently, a movie preview was held in a sex shop, which raised quite a controversy. The controversy illustrated how the public feels about the adult shops. While adult goods are more and more acknowledged as ordinary consumer goods, people are still uneasy about actually purchasing them. People are becoming more [...]
SEOUL, Korea, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A new study said that those who seek increasingly stimulating novelties or have lower self-esteem tend to get addicted more easily to smartphone use. Chung Se-Hoon, media studies professor at Korea University, and his research team, said on July 21 in a journal article titled “Predictive Signs of [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) – CheongShim Hospital, Korea’s leader in medical tourism, will hold an academic conference on July 19 in commemoration of its 10th anniversary. To be held at 5 pm on Friday at the hospital’s auditorium, the conference will be attended by Cha Sang-hyup, the hospital’s chief director, and Kim Sung-gi, Gyeonggi [...]
SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) – In order to help consumers stay healthy during the humid Monsoon season, LG Electronics has suggested simple tips to keep homes dry. The main reason for bad odor inside homes is in many cases because of high humidity. Although one can use the air-conditioner or dehumidifier to remove humidity, [...]
Seoul, Korea, July 07 (Korea Bizwire) – If one looks at the woman in “Musette,” a masterpiece by Eugene de Blaas, an early 20th century Italian painter, one comes away with a strong impression that she is like a warrior with piercing eyes and thick eyebrows. A strong-willed woman playing the musette shows a perfect [...]
Seoul, July 06 (Korea Biz Wire) As more and more people use the smartphone, a higher percentage of smartphone users show the tendency of deteriorating memory. According to survey results announced by DooIt Survey, an online survey company, as much as 33.7 percent of 5,823 respondents said they do not remember the phone numbers of their [...]
Missha became the first Korean cosmetics brand to set up shop in the Czech Republic, opening a store on June 25 in Brno, the East European nation’s second largest city. Over the last few years, Korean cosmetics brands have been aggressively strengthening their presence overseas. Cosmetics exports stood at US$1.07 billion last year, and surpassed [...]