SEOUL, Sep. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation, in partnership with the Cultural Heritage Administration, will start selling tickets to the “Royal Ancestral Ritual in the Jongmyo Shrine and its Music” from Interpark beginning at 2 pm on September 12. Scheduled to be held for one hour from 8 pm for three days between [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean Air, the flagship carrier of South Korea, received an international recognition once again with its signature dish bibimbap, along with steamed chicken with ginseng. At the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) Fair held in Kuala Lumpur, starting from September 5, Korean Air demonstrated bibimbap and steamed [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Even though more and more Koreans enjoy outdoor activities such as sports outside and camping, it is hard for them to find proper facilities for those activities. For instance, while Gyeonggi Province, adjacent to Seoul, has more than 5,000 community baseball teams, it has only less than 100 ballparks. [...]
BOULDER, CO, Sep 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Sphero, leaders in connected play, announced today the launch of their next generation app-controlled robot Ollie. Initially introduced as Sphero 2B at CES in January, Ollie takes connected play to the next level by combining the technology that Sphero 2.0 is known for with innovative controls and integrated [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Plastic caps collected by the public and plastic basket towers made in collaboration with the homeless are transformed into colorful flowers to bloom. Hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) and arranged by Korea Craft & Design Foundation (KDEF), the third special exhibition at Culture Station Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – An instant automatic translation application for a smartphone has been newly released so that with its new version users are expected to make good use of it when traveling in another country, even without the Internet connection. On Sep. 1, the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) launched and [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Passengers at Incheon International Airport are expected to enjoy the self-service bag drop system before the end of 2014. The airport corporation announced on August 31 that it planned to introduce the system, designating SK Telecom as the technology provider. Passengers on Korean and Asiana Airlines’ flights will be the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Gangwon Province plans to build a “coffee theme park” in Chuncheon. Gangwon governor Choi Mun-sun and Chuncheon mayor Choi Dong-yong signed an agreement with Tom N Toms Coffee, a Korean specialty coffee chain with 400 branches in Korea and 27 locations abroad, on August 28. The coffee franchiser reportedly plans [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – According to the Korean Film Council, Begin Again ranked No. 3 in Korean box office on August 25, bringing in 38,870 admissions, following The Pirates and The Admiral: Roaring Currents, both of which are Korean films. Begin Again directed by John Carney, starring Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Adam Levine, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — “The 2014 Mungyeong Pass Bare-foot Walking Festival” was held successfully on August 23 in Mungyeongsaejae Provincial Park with 3,000 visitors from all across the country. It is the ninth annual event that the festival was held since 2006, sponsored by Hankook Ilbo, the parent newspaper company of The Korea Times, and [...]