SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A winding cartoon mural street in Seoul’s Gangdong Ward has won the 2017 Asian Townscape Award from the Asia-Pacific regional office of the U.N. Human Settlements Program, the ward office said Monday. The street in southeastern Seoul, dubbed the Kang Full Cartoon Alley, is lined with wall paintings bearing [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Koreans traveling to China plunged from April through June of this year amid the diplomatic row over Seoul’s decision to deploy U.S. anti-missile defense systems on its soil, tourism industry data showed Sunday. The total visitors going to China fell by 50 to 60 percent [...]
INCHEON, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s largest urban virtual reality-theme park, Monster VR, opened its doors to the public in Incheon on Thursday, the government said. The park is located on the 1,320 square meters of land in the Songdo district of Incheon on the western outskirts of Seoul, according to the Ministry [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Just seven years ago, Cho Soo-kyung, a public relations agency worker, hardly had time for herself as her job demanded nearly every moment of her waking hours. A sense of devotion and achievement were her rewards, or at least that’s what her company wanted her to believe. “Then, I [...]
ULSAN, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Ulsan is being transformed into an eco-friendly city from one marked by industrial pollution, 20 years after it was first classified as a metropolitan city. Various environment indexes reflecting such changes over the last 20 years can be found in comparison with those before the municipality [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — More South Koreans are traveling solo to avoid unnecessary stress and focus on resting well, a big data study has revealed. According to data released on Monday by artificial intelligence-based big data analytics company Daumsoft, the number of times ‘traveling alone’ was mentioned on social network services increased notably [...]
DAEJEON, Jul. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The national train operator KORAIL said Monday it will upgrade its foreigners-exclusive train pass system starting next month by simplifying prices and purchases. Korail passes were priced differently depending on when foreign users entered South Korea. The valid period of the passes also differed according to entry dates. KORAIL [...]
BUSAN, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Air Busan Co. said Friday it will launch charter flights to Vientiane later in the day. The budget carrier, which is an affiliate of Asiana Airlines Inc., will fly flights to the Laotian capital from Gimhae International Airport at 10:05 p.m. every Friday and Monday until Aug. 29. The [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — As the rainy season gradually draws to a close and the hottest time of the year looms ahead, seemingly every coastline destination is announcing festivals of all sorts. With the rise in popularity of “staycations”, where potential beachgoers opt to stay in with the air conditioner on full blast, [...]
BUSAN, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — To prevent sexual harassment arising from cultural differences, the Busan Police Department has taken measures to increase the awareness among foreigners of Korea’s policies and laws. On July 15, a woman in a bikini swimsuit on Busan’s popular Haeundae Beach noticed a foreigner filming her on his cellphone. She [...]