SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A family member of the former Korean Air Lines Co. executive at the center of the “nut rage” scandal came under fire on Wednesday after prosecutors revealed a text message in which she promised to “take revenge” on behalf of her sister. Cho Hyun-min promised her sister Hyun-ah she [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean consulates in China are issuing a record number of Korean visas for Chinese travelers thanks to the Korean wave in China. According to the Korean Consulate General in Shanghai, it issued 60 percent more visas compared to last year, surpassing the 800,000 mark for the first time for [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – With nearly 90 percent of prospective users giving a thumbs-up to Seoul’s suggested double-decker buses, which transit corporations are thinking about introducing in some regions of the Seoul Metropolitan area to ease overcrowding on “red buses” (also known as Gyeonggi-buses), it seems like only a matter of time [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s foreign ministry said Sunday that at least three South Koreans were on board an AirAsia plane that went missing en route from Indonesia to Singapore. The ministry said that a South Korean man and a woman in their 30s, and an infant were among the 162 passengers and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – International passengers who purchase Internet or mobile flight tickets will soon be able to shorten their boarding process by up to 30 minutes at Korean airports. On December 22, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced that it is implementing a simplified boarding process service for international passengers with [...]
SEOUL, Dec 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea Airport Corporation has completed on December 15 a project to paint the walls and control towers of its network airports in Gimpo (Seoul), Gimhae (Busan) and Jeju with new designs integrating the national flag. The control towers that underwent a makeover this time were four including two in Gimpo [...]
The video edited and selected by Zapatou (Luc Bergeron) SEOUL, Dec 21 (Korea Bizwire) – “Editology” was one of the most talked-about keywords in Korea’s publishing industry this year. Kim Jung-woon, professor of cultural psychology at Myongji University and the author of the same-name book, said, “Until very recently we were told all we [...]
PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Pyeongchang, famous as the host city for the upcoming 2018 Winter Olympic Games, is awaiting festivalgoers who will brave harsh winter winds and snow in hopes of catching some trout. The preparatory committee for the Pyeongchang Trout Festival announced that it would hold the event from December 20 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Instead of driving hours to get to a ski resort to enjoy snow sledding, Seoulites can do the same in a fraction of the time at a nearby park. The Han River Project Headquarters of the Seoul metropolitan city government said on December 18 that it would open snow sled slopes [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Amidst Korean Air’s nut controversy, and with the possibility of boycotts from consumer groups looming, low-cost airlines are poised to reap the spoils. While the budget flight operators are already making inroads by increasing their market share of domestic flights in Korea, they are gaining attention with fresh brand [...]