SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul city government on Thursday said it has introduced a taxi voucher system in Hong Kong to help foreign visitors avoid being ripped off when taking taxis from Incheon International Airport to downtown Seoul. To use the system, foreigners visiting the country purchase taxi vouchers in advance at [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Galleria Duty Free 63 officially opened on Friday, and it’s offering more than just duty free products. The new duty free store, located in Seoul’s iconic 63 Building, is operated by Hanwha Galleria, a subsidiary of Hanwha Group. Since its ‘Free Opening’ in December 2015, the store has recorded [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Air Seoul, a new low-cost carrier under Asiana Airlines, said Friday it plans to launch flight services to four Japanese cities in October. The budget carrier is set to take over two routes that connect Incheon to Shizuoka and Takamatsu, respectively, from its parent carrier while flying to and [...]
PAJU/YEONCHEON, South Korea, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Security tourism in South Korea’s northwestern border areas has suffered a blow due to cooling inter-Korean relations amid a series of incessant North Korean provocations, including missile tests. The number of tourists visiting security attractions, including observatories and underground tunnels dug by the North, has been decreasing every [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul city government is aggressively studying ways to develop its northern outskirts into the country’s pop music mecca by establishing various concert halls, a practical music school and encouraging pop musicians to move into the area, a city official said Thursday. “We (Seoul city) have placed an order [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s distribution industry has become heavily dependent on China for its profits, statistics indicated Wednesday, making them vulnerable to even political and social issues that can turn away consumers from the Asian neighbor. For Lotte Duty Free stores in Seoul, Chinese tourists accounted for 78 percent of its [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The second Sinchon Beer Festival will be held on Yonsei-ro, Sinchon this Thursday and Friday, July 14 and 15. The beer festival, which was first held last October to boost the economy in the Sinchon area, will feature a sandy ‘beach’ and pubs keen to evoke the feeling of enjoying [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) and the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation (aT), Food Berry, a Korean agricultural company, recently signed a $2.5 million contract with Emirates to supply the airline with kimchi. The agreement was the result of Food Berry’s participation in [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The monsoonal downpours have abated for now, but a heat wave struck the peninsula over the weekend. Seoul recorded a high of 33.1 degrees Celsius on Sunday, with the nighttime low also exceeding 25 degrees. Citizens of Seoul headed out to parks, shopping malls, and cinemas to get away [...]
SANCHEONG, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Jirisan National Park is Korea’s largest terrestrial national park, surrounding the 1915m-high Jiri Mountain (second tallest in South Korea) and covering some 471 square kilometers. And it looks like Koreans will be able to purchase its clean, fresh air from supermarkets in the near future. Sancheong County, South Gyeongsang Province, which [...]