SEOUL, Apr. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of 8,000 employees from a Chinese company will visit South Korea next month to taste Korean traditional ginseng chicken soup, the Seoul city government said Wednesday. The largest signal tour group from Chinese health care company Joymain Science & Technology (Zhongmai Group) will arrive in Seoul on [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) – President Park Geun-hye said Tuesday her administration is “strongly” considering designating a temporary holiday next week to encourage more people to spend and help prop up the national economy. In a luncheon with leaders of major news outlets earlier in the day, Park said she is “positively considering” the [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A French cooking school will offer courses in Korean cuisine and open its branch in South Korea later this year, a local foundation said Sunday. The Mir Foundation said Ecole Ferrandi will include Korean cuisine, known as “hansik,” as part of their regular school curriculum and establish its branch [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Both wealth and age have become deciding factors in determining lifestyle after retirement. The number of ‘active seniors’ –those can afford to enjoy their favorite things given comfortable financial circumstances – is rising, and this trend is changing travel patterns, overseas travel in particular, according to an April 18 [...]
TAEBEK, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The two locations where the epic Korean drama ‘Descendants of the Sun‘ was filmed, Taebek and Zákinthos (Greece), have entered an agreement for cooperation and exchange. Taebaek announced the joyous occasion after inking the agreement with the city of Zákinthos. ‘Descendants of the Sun’, a Korean drama which gave viewers all [...]
JEJU, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Healing horseback riding trails that are a total of 100 kilometers long will be built on Jeju Island, and are expected to draw many tourists. Last year, Jeju established eco-healing horseback riding trails in three locations – Songdang ranch, the Jeju Horse Park and Namyoung Industries ranch. This year, [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Every year, tens of thousands of tourists from home and abroad surge to a spring festival on Jindo Island, off South Korea’s southwestern tip, to witness the natural marvel of parting seawater. The tidal difference causes the seawater to split around this time of year, earning the phenomenon the [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Dozens of foreigners were taken on a municipally organized tour of Seoul on Tuesday, with every part of the journey being documented in real-time on social media. More than 20 people from countries all over the world, including China, Malaysia, Turkey and Russia, took part in the 2016 Global Seoul [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A large-scale Muslim tour group is set to arrive in South Korea next week following the recent visit by the largest-ever tour group from China, mirroring Muslims’ growing interest in the country, industry sources said Tuesday. According to the sources, some 200 employees of Malaysian firm Zhulian Group are planning [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Overseas consumption by South Korean residents surged to a new high last year, central bank data showed Tuesday, mainly on a large increase in the number of people going abroad. In 2015, the overseas consumption expenditures of South Koreans came to 26.27 trillion won (US$22.74 billion), according to preliminary [...]