SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of individuals returning to Jeju to take up farming is skyrocketing due to a lack of jobs in urban areas, the retirement of baby boomers, and other social factors, including people’s longing for pastoral lives. According to the Jeju Self-Governing Provincial Office, the number of individuals starting up [...]
Bonghwa, South Korea, Feb. 08 (Korea Bizwire) – If you are missing small bits of the passing winter, such as drinking a warm cup of cocoa surrounded by snow and Christmas spirit, Buncheon Station is the perfect place for you. Buncheon is located in Bonghwa county (Bonghwa-gun), in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Once a small [...]
Prague, Alžběta Kumstátová, Jana Kuříková, Olga Tlapáková ⓒ Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, Gabriel Urbánek SEOUL, Feb. 08 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Museum of Korea is presenting a special free exhibition entitled The Story of Bohemian Glass to celebrate the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and the Czech Republic. The [...]
HANNOVER, Germany, Feb. 06 (Korea Bizwire) – Leaving behind house and home, friends and work and instead travelling around the world for 6 months on a motorcycle and doing good: What sounds like a dream and for most remains one for life, Anja Meier, a biology graduate, and Hauke Glässing, an engineer in motorcycle development, are [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Kim Seung-jin, who set out on a worldwide sailing adventure last year with no physical aid, without making landfall at any port and using only the power of the wind, just passed through Cape Horn, sometimes known as the “Mt. Everest of the Sea.” According to officials from Dangjin city, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The chief flight attendant who had to deplane from the Korean Air flight at New York’s JFK International Airport last December in the “nut rage” incident, is now experiencing a harsh work schedule, which is arousing suspicion that the company is seeking revenge against the crew. Park Chang-jin, the purser [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Naver has launched a new subway map platform designed to be more informative of actual geographical features, in collaboration with French architect and map designer Jug Cerovic, said the company in an announcement on February 2. Subway passengers often find themselves instinctively estimating actual geographical features including real distances while studying [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Yonhap) — Korean Air, South Korea’s top flag carrier, has started to sell tickets through online social commerce stores from late last month, a rare move seen as an effort to reach more customers as it comes under growing pressure from low-cost carriers expanding their market share. Flight tickets for the Seoul-Jeju [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Metropolitan Government is preserving not only traditional historic buildings but also soon-to-be historical spots that marked important places in Korea’s contemporary history. The Seoul government announced on February 1 that it has so far selected 350 spots in Seoul that should be preserved for future generations. The government has [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s second-largest flag carrier, ranked first in passenger transportation for the Gimpo-Jeju Island route for the first time last year thanks to its efforts to expand the number of flights for customers using the most popular air travel itinerary here, industry data showed Tuesday. According [...]