SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Upon reaching the 10 million foreign tourists mark last year, the domestic tour industry is alarmed with a “red alert” after the tragic accident of the capsized ferry Sewol. Following the announcement of the Korea Tourism Association that a total of 3,187 foreign tourists cancelled their reservations to visit [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A spot on the podium has once again been made for “Queen of Ice” Yuna Kim, as her biography becomes a bestseller in Children’s book corner in bookstores immediately after its publishing. Meanwhile, the children’s No. 1 selling book has recently been caught up in a controversy as images [...]
![[Feature] What Went Wrong: Crisis of Independent Content Producers](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/old-partner_01-800x530.jpg "[Feature] What Went Wrong: Crisis of Independent Content Producers")
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Four Seasons Productions, the film producer famous for planning a low-budget but very successful independent movie “Old Partner” and critically acclaimed documentaries including “The DMZ Redux” and “Steel Route,” was closed temporarily after a stretch of financial problem. Released in January 2009, Old Partner showed independent films could be [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – EXO fans might want to see this kind of playful moments featuring EXO members. In this 6-minute video clip, the K-pop boy group members are exchanging playful banters each other. Actually, the members were gathered together to film for a cosmetic commercial. This video is sure to make the fans all [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Controversy surrounding Kris, leader of EXO M and who filed a lawsuit against SM Entertainment on Thursday, is apparently causing an escalating stir, as another member from the famous K pop boy group, is criticizing his behavior, arguing Kris’ legal action is “irresponsible.” Exo, formed in 2011 by SM [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) – As the aftermath of the capsized ferry Sewol incident strikes hard Korea’s tourism industry, the tourism and transportation industries anguish over massive cancellations of reservations. According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, based on surveys conducted by the Korea Tourism Association and the Korea Association of Travel [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) – As Coming-of-Age Day, which falls on the third Monday in May each year, is drawing near, many seem to start brainstorming gift ideas for the ones soon to be entering their adulthood. There have been a clichéd list of gifts associated with Coming-of-Age Day in Korea, but such an [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Representing the old and new idol groups, GOD and EXO play a tug-of-war to rule the K-pop charts. Just after one day when the “new” idol group EXO released the tracks in its second mini album “Overdose” which took the No. 1 place in 10 music streaming sites on [...]
![[Feature] Gov’t to Allow Weekend Farmers to Cultivate Vegetables in State-owned Lands](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/18184415_m-800x533.jpg "[Feature] Gov’t to Allow Weekend Farmers to Cultivate Vegetables in State-owned Lands")
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) – As Korea’s baby boom generation who were born between 1955 and 1963 are retiring, more and more people find new homes in the countryside. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the number of households that moved away from urban areas to the farmland last year was 32,424, [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) – A new YouTube commercial featuring Korea’s man of “gangster honor” Kim Bo-sung has logged in more than 600,000 hits within a few days of launch. The comic action star amuses the viewer by crying out “No caffeine, no carbonic acid, no artificial color!” Using his trademark word “euiri” (Korean equivalent [...]