SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Lantern Festival that has drawn a record number of visitors — about 2.5 million spectators every year since the year 2009, has established itself as one of Seoul’s major festivities. The Seoul Metropolitan Government intends to promote the lantern festival as a special culture and tour occasion in November [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – “Gyeongnam International Photography Festival 2014” whose theme is “Environment, Humans, and Life” is held at 3·15 Art Center in Changwon of South Korea from October 9 to 14, announced the organizing committee. Around 90 photographers whose nationalities represent Korea, China, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Singapore, German, etc. will be exhibiting about [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that an event to open the Seoul Station overpass will be held for the public to take a stroll and enjoy a breathtaking panorama of Seoul, with traffic entirely blocked from the noon to 4 P.M. on October 12. The overpass has never been allowed to [...]
MIAMI, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – In July, there came a bad news for the world automotive industry: About 50 percent of car owners in industrialized countries would, in principle, share their vehicle with others and ride sharing companies like Uber will grow constantly, according to Roland Berger report. And the report expected so called [...]
![[Quote] Actress Tang Wei Is Living the “Golden Era” of Her Life](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/tangwei.jpg "[Quote] Actress Tang Wei Is Living the “Golden Era” of Her Life")
“Now, I couldn’t be happier. I felt lucky from the moment when I encountered Director Kim. I am expecting we will share each other’s feelings in movies.” “Like Xiao Hong in the movie, growing up, I was influenced by my grandfather. I was impish when I was young. I loved going wherever I felt like [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Koreans travel farther than newlyweds from any other countries for their honeymoons, according to data provided by Facebook. Facebook revealed the honeymoon trend of its users across the world based on its “check-in” information on September 26. According to the Facebook data, Korea ranked first among 71 countries for [...]
![[Quote] The-K Seoul Hotel Aims to Lead Korea’s MICE Industry](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/The-K호텔서울-전경.jpg "[Quote] The-K Seoul Hotel Aims to Lead Korea’s MICE Industry")
“With it being classified as a special first-class hotel, The-K Seoul Hotel will achieve 50 billion won (US$48 million) of sales by 2017 and lead the hotel MICE industry in Korea.” “Globally, MICE business is being recognized as a new engine for economic growth and many countries are supporting the business at governmental level. In that [...]
SEONGNAM, Sep. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea constructs its first electric tram line in Seongnam City, Gyeonggi Province. Expected to be completed by 2015, the trams that will run for one-point-five kilometers link Pangyo Station to Techno Valley, a district in the satellite city of Pangyo Regarding the tram line, Gyeonggi Governor Nam Kyung-pil [...]
JEJU, Sep. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The natural landscape of Jeju Island has been recognized internationally once again, as the island is certified again as a “Global Geopark.” Jeju Island was confirmed as a global geological park at the 6th International UNESCO Conference on Global Geoparks held in Stonehammer Geopark, Saint John, Canada, according to [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics is tapping into the rising trend of “Open Innovation,” which is getting popular around the world. “Open Innovation” refers to making goods and products not through solely internal efforts or ideas of a company but in collaboration with external parties’ participations. To this end, LG Electronics [...]