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SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government on Monday announced a list of 100 restaurants and bars recommended by 45 domestic food experts ahead of the opening of its annual food festival next month. Taste of Seoul 2024 is scheduled to take place from Nov. 9-14 on Nodeul Island, a small islet [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The popularity of Netflix’s cooking competition show “Culinary Class Wars” has ignited a boom in home cooking equipment sales in South Korea, according to recent data from a major e-commerce platform. Gmarket, an online marketplace owned by Shinsegae Group, reported on October 20 that sales of kitchen-related items have skyrocketed [...]
DAEGU, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) –The familiar strains of “Everybody Happy” echoed through a funeral home in Dalseong-gu, Daegu, but this was no ordinary memorial service. The song, a signature tune of the elderly rap group Suni and the Seven Princesses, was being performed by its own members — all grandmothers who learned to read [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) –Kakao Mobility, a leading South Korean tech company, announced on October 16 the launch of a new feature called Trending Now for its navigation app, Kakao Navi. This innovative service utilizes big data from user driving patterns to recommend real-time hotspots based on user preferences. Unlike traditional restaurant and nearby [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — At the tender age of 19, Doosan Bears closer Kim Taek-yeon mowed down hitters and helpless hitters with shocking ease in 2024, establishing himself as the front-runner for the Rookie of the Year award in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). But the right-hander isn’t one to gloat over his [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – More than half of South Korea’s wild Asiatic black bears, also known as moon bears, are currently unaccounted for, according to data released by the Ministry of Environment. The report, obtained by Democratic Party lawmaker Lee Yong-woo of the National Assembly’s Environment and Labor Committee, reveals that out of 89 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Rose of the girl group BLACKPINK is set to release a single in collaboration with pop star Bruno Mars at 1 p.m. Friday, her agency said. The Black Label, which represents her solo activities, shared a teaser photo of the two artists on its Instagram the night before, hinting [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Park Kyung-su, former Korean Series MVP for the KT Wiz, announced his retirement Friday at age 40. In wrapping up his 22-year career in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), Park thanked his fans, teammates and coaches for their unwavering support. “I was able to play professional baseball for 22 [...]
YONGIN, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – A hidden ginkgo forest, concealed for over half a century near the Everland theme park, is set to open to the public for the first time on October 25. Samsung C&T Resort Group, which operates Everland, announced on October 17 that it would launch a new program called Secret Ginkgo [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — In “Dirty Money,” bad men abound, ranging from bad to worse to downright despicable. In this murky world, audiences might find themselves rooting for the less-bad characters — those whose morally wrong actions seem driven by somewhat understandable reasons. The crime thriller follows two corrupt detectives, Myung-deuk (Jung Woo) [...]