SEOUL, Sep. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Cultural content development company Magic Garden Communications, in partnership with augment augmented reality developer 4DVision, said on September 19 that it would open a dinosaur display “My Friend Dino” at Ilyoung Herb Land, a theme park in the northern outskirts of Seoul. The show is an IMAX-like film, with [...]
SEOUL, SEp. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics won a certification from Guinness World Records for an outdoor billboard it installed in King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. On September 16, an award ceremony was held to recognize the honor at the airport, with LG Electronics Saudi Arabia president Ahn Deuk-soo and King Khalid [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Daum Communications acquired smartphone app SeoulBus as a stepping stone to expand its business into local online to offline (O2O) market and reinforce its mobile advertisement business. Daum, the second largest Internet portal in Korea to be merged with Kakao Inc. next month, announced on September 16 that it took [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Legoland Korea, a Lego-themed amusement park, is expected to create decent jobs in Gangwon Province. Gangwon Province and the Chuncheon city government signed an agreement with LL Development, a special-purpose corporation for Legoland Korea, Serveone, a service affiliate of LG Group, and Korea Employment Information Service, a state-run employment agency, [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea National Tourism Organization announced on September 14 that it expected more than 160,000 Chinese travelers would visit Korea during the Chinese National Day from October 1 through 7, which is 35 percent up from 118,000 visitors last year. The number of Chinese tourists to Korea from January [...]
GYEONGJU, Sep. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – “Istanbul in Gyeongju 2014” opened last Friday to introduce the Turkish culture to Korea, and this festival is in response to “Istanbul-Gyeongju World Culture Expo 2013” held last year in the soil of Turkey. Hosted by Istanbul, the capital of Turkey, and cosponsored by Gyeongbukdo and Gyeongju, this culture festival [...]
DAEGU, Sep. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – “2014 Daegu Photo Biennale” where you can observe the history and new trend of photography is held around downtown Daegu Metropolitan City – Daegu Culture & Arts Center, Daegu Art Factory (Former KT&G), and Bongsan Cultural Center – from September 12 to October 19. The exhibition whose theme is “Photographic Narrative” ( or [...]
YESAN, South Korea, Sep. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – There is a place called “Jiguyu” in Yesan, Chungnam Province in South Korea. “Jiguyu,” now Duksan Hot Springs, was considered as a sacred place on which a legend has it that a crane had landed and healed its broken leg for 4 days before it flew away.” The [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A “Don’t be a workaholic” campaign will be incorporated into LG Innotek‘s renewed corporate culture. To this end, the Seoul-based company is to guarantee employees’ paid days off or vacations so that all employees can enjoy “balanced lifestyle” which will help in turn lift morale and pride of LG Innotek‘s constituents. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – What do you think are the best things involving everyday life that foreign residents in Seoul, the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea, have selected? According to the Seoul City government, foreigners highly acclaim ‘public safety’ in Seoul allowing them to walk freely around the megacity area late [...]