GANGNEUNG, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) – With only two years left to go until the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, a suggestion popped up during a strategy forum at Gangneung, a city in Gangwon Province, that Korea should host a food festival that introduces the province’s food culture to the rest of the [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea said Thursday that it has agreed, in principle, with France to increase the number of weekly passenger flights between Incheon and Paris to 14 from the current 12. The deal was reached in a meeting of aviation officials between the two countries in Paris earlier this week, [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) – High-level cultural officials from the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) member countries gathered in the southwestern South Korean city of Gwangju Wednesday to share their experiences in cultivating creative industries. Some 200 delegates from 51 ASEM member countries, including eight culture ministers and 11 deputy ministers, will attend the 7th Asia-Europe [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will hold a nationwide shopping festival involving major retailers, manufacturers and traditional markets in the fall to draw foreign travelers and jack up lackluster domestic consumption, the government said Tuesday. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism jointly formed [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) – ‘Me-too marketing’ has become a prevalent formula among domestic airline companies. The practice refers to a marketing strategy where a company follows other businesses’ high-demand products or services. And although each airline is trying to keep its own individuality, they’re no longer hesitant to copy each other. First, the [...]
BUSAN, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Busan’s Haeundae district is best known for its beach that attracts millions of visitors each summer. But it’s also a major MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions) center, with the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center (BEXCO),and hosts major annual events such as the Busan International Film Festival. Under these conditions, competition [...]
JEJU ISLAND, South Korea, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Demands for air travel between South Korea’s resort island of Jeju and Chinese cities have soared over the past years, but Korean airlines have had difficulty in increasing flights due to tough regulations imposed by the Chinese government, industry data showed Monday. Out of 350 flights [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul city government said Thursday it will officially designate a drone park along the Han River that flows through the capital city next week. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said citizens will be able to freely fly their unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) that are up to 12 kilograms in weight [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Water sports are becoming increasingly prevalent in Korea, and the number of recreational scuba divers is on the rise. But stepping over the thin line between recreational activity and unlicensed marine life extraction can result in huge fines. Catching marine life, even for non-commercial purposes, can result in up [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Foreign visitors to South Korea chose “ganjang gejang,” or raw crab marinated in soy sauce, as the most challenging Korean food, a survey showed Monday. According to the survey of 726 foreigners who visited the country between April and May, 508 respondents, or 65 percent, said the marinated crab is [...]