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SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey of divorced individuals in South Korea has shed light on the complexities of remarriage, particularly the role physical appearance plays in initial meetings between potential partners. The survey, conducted jointly by ONLYou, a remarriage-focused matchmaking company, and Bien Aller, a marriage information service, polled 516 divorced men [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — With two home runs and three RBIs on Tuesday for the Doosan Bears, hard-hitting second baseman Kang Seung-ho kept adding to his career-high numbers across the board. After helping the Bears beat the NC Dinos 10-5 at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, Kang is now batting .282/.330/.480 with 18 [...]
ASAN, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Soonchunhyang University has announced a new initiative to provide students with a hearty breakfast for a mere 100 won, starting from the fall semester. The program, revealed on September 24, aims to ensure students begin their day with a nutritious meal. This move comes on the heels of a broader [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — NC Dinos slugger Matt Davidson has had a productive season for himself, but the same couldn’t be said about his Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club. Davidson, in his first KBO season after six big-league seasons and another one in Japan, leads the league here with 46 home runs through [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Gangnam District in Seoul announced on September 24 that it will host the “2024 Foreigners’ Taekwondo Performance Festival” on September 28 at Kukkiwon, the world taekwondo headquarters. This annual event, co-organized by the Gangnam District Office, Kukkiwon, and the Foreigners’ Taekwondo Culture Association in Korea since 2022, is expected to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – In an era where nearly one in four South Korean households includes a furry family member, a unique event is set to bring together pet owners and their canine companions for a day of meditation and mindfulness. The “Seon Meditation Festival with Companion Dogs,” scheduled for September 29 at Bongseongsa [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Tigers superstar Kim Do-yeong set a single-season runs scored record in South Korean baseball Monday, while inching closer to a rare 40-40 season. Kim, the leading MVP candidate in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), scored three times to reach 138 runs for the season in a 5-3 victory [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The dance performance video for “How You Like That,” a 2020 hit single by K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, has surpassed 1.7 billion views on YouTube. The choreography video hit the milestone early Tuesday, about four years and two months after it was uploaded on the global video sharing service [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Being “different” is often celebrated in words. But in reality, many still face exclusion for not fitting in. The coming-of-age film “Love in the Big City” challenges this notion by following the 13-year journey of two endearing characters, Jae-hee (Kim Go-eun) and Heung-soo (Noh Sang-hyun). Based on Park Sang-young’s [...]
IKSAN, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The city of Iksan in North Jeolla Province announced on September 23 that it will host the 2024 Horror Hologram Festival on September 26, transforming a former prison set into a cutting-edge spectacle of fear and technology. Now in its third year, the festival uniquely blends the concept of horror [...]