SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent investigation by the Seoul Metropolitan Government has revealed that only a small fraction of the five-star hotels in the city transparently display all-inclusive room rates on their website homepages, raising concerns about widespread deceptive marketing practices in the luxury hospitality sector. The study, conducted from June 10 to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix’s period drama “Uprising,” produced by “Decision to Leave” director Park Chan-wook, will be released Oct. 11, the global streaming service said Friday. Starring Gang Dong-won and Park Jeong-min, the action-packed film is set during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) and follows the story of two childhood companions — one [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study by the Korea Consumer Agency has found that wearing a sports bra during exercise can reduce breast movement by 13 to 20 percent, potentially improving workout efficiency and preventing breast pain and injury. However, the agency notes that support and comfort levels vary significantly between products, emphasizing [...]
PARIS, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has reached its gold medal target at the Paris Paralympics, as Kim Gi-tae grabbed his first career title in men’s table tennis. Kim defeated Chen Po Yen of Chinese Taipei 3-1 (3-11, 15-13, 11-7, 11-9) to win the men’s singles (MS11 classification) title at South Paris Arena [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul World Cup Stadium has been regarded as the mecca of South Korean football for the past two decades or so, ever since it was built ahead of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, co-hosted by South Korea and Japan. However, its pitch conditions haven’t matched the stadium’s sterling reputation. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Following their goalless draw against Palestine in a World Cup qualifier marked by jeers from fans in Seoul on Thursday night, South Korean players said they could have done without such a negative reaction. Fans actually cheered for the players, trying to will them to score a few goals [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – For Palestine, ranked 96th in the world, holding No. 23 South Korea to a goalless draw in their World Cup qualifying match Thursday must have felt like a win. After securing a point to start Group B play in the third round of the Asian World Cup qualification at [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea failed to sell out their World Cup qualifying match in Seoul on Thursday, the first time since October last year that the Taegeuk Warriors did not play in front of a full house at home. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said about 4,000 tickets had been left [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — “House of the Seasons” serves as a microcosm of modern Korea, where the generational divide is more pronounced than ever due to the country’s rapid industrialization. The drama film follows a three-generation tofu-making Kim family in a picturesque rural town in southeastern Korea, where their bond, much like tofu, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Tottenham Hotspur star Son Heung-min, a pivotal figure in South Korean soccer, recently shared his thoughts on what it means to be truly “world-class” during an appearance on a popular YouTube entertainment show. In the episode of “Salon Drip 2″ released on September 3, Son responded to host Jang Do-yeon’s [...]