SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon said Sunday he will visit Beijing in early August to promote South Korea’s tourism industry hit by the MERS virus that has claimed 36 lives since May. “I will try to help revitalize the tourism industry depressed by MERS and normalize the tourism industry as soon as [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Lee Min-ho, a Korean actor hugely popular at home and in China, will appear in a government-produced TV advertisement aimed at jumpstarting the recovery of the domestic tourism industry hit hard by the spread of MERS, the government said Friday. The star of the popular Korean TV series “Boys [...]
JEJU, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Jumping on the bandwagon of easy to obtain driver’s licenses, Chinese citizens are flocking to Korea to get their driving permits. With the resorts and tourist attractions on Jeju Island becoming particularly popular, more than 900 licenses have been issued to Chinese “tourists” who mix sightseeing with driving lessons. According [...]
Seoul, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) – A monthly women’s magazine in Argentina has published favorable comments about the Korean beauty industry, which is overwhelming Japan. The Argentinean cultural institute in Korea introduced an article published in OHALA, a popular women’s magazine that covers fashion and beauty issues. Under the title ‘Seoul is the trend’, OHALA opined [...]
Seoul, July 16 (Korea Bizwire)–A branch of the Grevin Museum, specializing in the exhibition ofwax dolls, will open in Euljiro, Seoul on July 29. It will be the first branch of the famous Parisian museum to open in Asia. Established in 1882, the Grevin Museum in France is a museum exhibiting wax dolls. Foreign branches [...]
Seoul, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – With the increase of ‘for-pets’, people who invest in their pets freely, the sales of vacation items for pets are soaring. The pet product market, which was previously concentrated on practical products such as food and snacks for pets is broadening its product family. According to the online shopping [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Asiana Airlines has filed a lawsuit for 61.9 million won(USD 54,770) against two Korean individuals for damages that resulted from an aircraft having to return to its point of departure, after it was discovered that the defendants had switched plane tickets. On March 16, the plane bound for Incheon [...]
The proposed concert is aimed at gathering musicians from the two Koreas to the border town, the last remaining vestige of the Cold War, to jointly celebrate the 70th anniversary of the liberation from the Japanese 1910-45 colonial rule. If the North Korea refuses our offer, we plan to host a peace concert in [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Lotte Group will develop a large resort complex at the North Port of Busan, said a high-ranking representative of the group on July 1. The company has filed a proposal for the development project with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, which has received 34 proposals, including Lotte’s, [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean tourism industry has been hit hardest by the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) over the past month, but the slump may continue into the summer season from mass cancellations for hotels and tour packages, a poll showed Tuesday. The tourism and hotel industries were pummeled [...]