INCHEON, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Convenience food, packaged Korean cuisine, is rapidly gaining popularity among foreigners, with an increasing number of travelers purchasing the products at Korean airports before departure. Food and restaurant services company Our Home started offering Korean convenience food at its Food Empire outlets at Incheon International Airport this year. Food [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Instant coffee mix was found to be the most popular ‘tea’ beverage for overseas tourists visiting Korea. Coffee mix is an instant coffee product containing ingredients such as ground coffee beans, sugar and creamer, and it comes in single serving packages for quick preparation. Of 926 surveyed tourists, 53 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Culture, Sports & Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization is operating what is being called a “Souvenir Truck”, visiting Seoul’s most renowned tourist attractions. The venture took off on September 30 at the east plaza of COEX (Convention and Exhibition Center), to mark the start of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales at major South Korean department stores increased during this fall’s nationwide shopping festival compared with a similar event last year as more retailers and manufacturers offered wider options for customers, industry officials said Monday. The “Korea Sale Festa” is the government-led sales event held from Sept. 29 [...]
JEJU, South Korea, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The Jeju provincial government announced Tuesday the coming of ‘EV Generation 2.0’ that will now focus on culture, tourism, infrastructure, and the environment, as part of its efforts to nurture the island’s EV industry. According to the government, EVs on Jeju now account for more than 1 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s air passenger traffic surged to a record monthly high in August with international passengers to and from the country also reaching a new all-time high, the government said Tuesday. Overall air passenger traffic came to 9.86 million in August, up 20.1 percent from the same month last [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea kicked off a nationwide shopping event on Thursday with a variety of promotions, cultural and entertainment events to draw more shoppers at home and abroad and revive the sluggish domestic consumption. The massive shopping campaign called “Korea Sale Festa” runs until Oct. 9, involving major retailers, manufacturers [...]
HOENGSEONG, South Korea, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Hanwoo, or Hanu, is a breed of cattle from Korea, and its fine-quality beef is hugely popular despite its high price. The annual Hoengseong Hanu Festival is the trademark event promoting Hanwoo, but this year, the festival will be attracting a more global audience. Taking off on [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Biziwre) – Millions of Chinese visitors will now be able to use their smartphones to pay for transit in Korea. The Seoul Metropolitan government announced Monday the official launch of a mobile pay system entitled ‘UnionPay Mobile T-Money’ for public transportation. It is named after the Shanghai-based financial services corporation UnionPay, [...]
MOKPO, South Korea, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A 37-year-old man in Mokpo has opened a café with some 1,000 action figures on display. Owner Park Young-wook’s impressive collection is valued at approximately 300 million won ($271,444), and it spans all the way from superheroes like Superman and Batman to real-life toy figures of celebrities [...]