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SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea aims to join forces with North Korea to seek UNESCO recognition for the traditional martial art of taekwondo as a shared intangible cultural heritage, officials said Monday. The Cultural Heritage Committee, an advisory body to the Korea Heritage Service (KHS), has selected taekwondo as the next candidate [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Longer job searches and soaring housing costs are placing mounting strain on young South Koreans, deepening concerns that structural weaknesses in the economy could weigh on the country’s long-term growth, the central bank said on Monday. In a report examining the economic conditions of young adults, the Bank of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop juggernaut BTS is considering a major performance in central Seoul ahead of its comeback in March, industry sources said Monday. Hybe, the K-pop powerhouse behind the group, has applied to the Korea Heritage Service (KHS) for permission to use Gyeongbok Palace, Gwanghwamun and the Woldae area, and the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Duty Free said Sunday it has introduced an artificial intelligence–based beauty experience zone at its Trade Center store in southern Seoul, offering customers personalized skin and makeup analysis through interactive digital tools. The pop-up space, titled “AI Beauty Trip,” will operate on the ninth floor of the Trade Center [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics said Sunday it will release its first bathroom-specific air quality management product this week, expanding its premium home appliance lineup into a space increasingly shaped by concerns over hygiene and indoor air quality. The new product, the LG PuriCare Bath Air System, will go on sale Monday and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – From BTS to “KPop Demon Hunters,” the Korean culture boom has surged across music, screens, dramas, food and social media worldwide, and Luxembourg is riding the wave. The landlocked Western European country, roughly four times the size of Seoul, is proving no small player in the growing popularity of the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Efforts to return Bella, a captive beluga whale housed at Lotte World Aquarium, to the wild may no longer be realistically achievable, according to members of an expert advisory panel, deepening one of South Korea’s most contentious animal welfare debates. At least three of four external members of the aquarium’s [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 350,000 people took part in South Korea’s temple stay program last year, setting a record for participation since the initiative was launched more than two decades ago, the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism said Sunday. A total of 349,219 visitors — including 293,704 South Koreans and 55,515 foreign tourists [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The global success of Arc Raiders, a multiplayer title developed by Embark Studios, has reignited a familiar debate among gamers: What, exactly, determines the nationality of a video game? Since its release in October, Arc Raiders has sold more than 12.4 million copies worldwide, reached a peak of 960,000 concurrent [...]
SEOUL & BUSAN, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s port city of Busan said it will take strong action against excessive accommodation fees ahead of a highly anticipated BTS concert scheduled for June 12–13, after reports surfaced of hotel prices surging sharply as fans prepare to travel from across the country and abroad. City officials announced [...]