SEOUL, Korea, Dec 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Beginning with “Run Hani” that attracted children to the TV in the 1980s, there have been so many cartoon series in print and on the Internet that won the hearts and minds of our children, including “Princess Hours,” “God Bless,” and “Miseng.” On the uphill road to Mt. Nam [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Dec 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The Arts Council Korea, an organization under the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, said on December 16 that it would kick off a campaign “One Step to Art” (onesteptoart.org) showing how art patronage could change the lives of the underprivileged. The campaign, consisting entirely of web promotion, steers [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Dec 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul City Government said on December 16 that it would put 100 souvenir items symbolizing the city best on display in the upcoming Seoul Design Festival to be open for five days between the 18th and 22nd. Earlier in June, the city government began a three-month contest to [...]
SUWON, Korea, Dec 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The Rural Development Administration said on December 15 that it would make available an educational video for dog owners on how to properly care for pet dogs as a way to reduce the incidence of abandoned pets. The number of abandoned pets has steadily increased for the past several [...]
![[Kobiz Infographics] S. Korean Millennials Falling in Love with Social Networking Sites](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/SNS에-빠져버린-한국-청년들-썸네일.jpg "[Kobiz Infographics] S. Korean Millennials Falling in Love with Social Networking Sites")
SEOUL, Korea, Dec 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Six out of ten Korean Millennials or youth in their 20′s are using Social Networking Sites(SNS) on a regular basis and they spend about 1 hour on average in their digital media platforms, according to a survey titled “a comparison study of the youths behaviors on social media sites” [...]
![[Kobiz Feature] “Social Dating Service Applications”: Smash Hit in Korea](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/10209307405_45cbd721d3_z.jpg "[Kobiz Feature] “Social Dating Service Applications”: Smash Hit in Korea")
Seoul, Korea, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – “Wired culture,” “Smartphones,” “credit cards,” “blind dates,” “plastic surgery,” “workaholics,” “cosmetics,” “female golfers,” “Starcraft,” “Flight attendants,” and “business-boozing.” This is the list of the ten things CNN came up with to introduce (South) Korea in a recent news coverage where it even said you should “book a ticket [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Dec 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Mecca of Saudi Arabia is a famous destination for Muslims around the globe who will gather together for five days to pray and celebrate on the annual Haii day — which comes on the eighth day of the month of Dhul Al-Hijjah in the Muslim calendar. Around [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Dec 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Seongsu-dong, in the southeastern area of Seoul, has been Korea’s leading shoe-manufacturing center for decades with more than 500 related companies located in the district. Now city of Seoul has decided to help boost the local economy by promoting a number of shoe-related projects in and around Seongsu Station [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Dec 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Walking or driving across Seoul, you can easily spot a sign with foreign language transcriptions that is misspelled, misleading or plain awkward. If you do spot such signs, next time perhaps you should consider reporting them to the City for it to modify them because it is having [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Dec 06 (Korea Bizwire) – ‘Gimjang: making and sharing kimchi in the Republic of Korea’ is now added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of the UNESCO(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), according to a decision made by Intergovernmental Commission for Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection in December, 2013. Now [...]