SEOUL, Korea, Dec 06 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Racing Authority has begun an “art marketing” program to spruce up the neighborhood of its Seoul Race Park in Gwacheon, the southern suburb of Seoul. The authority said on December 5 that it would unveil the Horse Art Project on the 6th along the walkway “Golden Horseshoe Road” [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Dec 02 (Korea Bizwire) – In an economy where more people are out of work and even people with jobs are reluctant to open their wallets, stores selling used goods are doing well at the expense of those dealing new goods. For example, the computer vendors in Yongsan report that more customers are asking for [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Dec 02 (Korea Bizwire) – As more and more people live in collective residences such as apartments, the issue of noise between floors has become more serious and prevalent, often leading to disputes among neighbors and violence. As if to reflect the social attention to this problem, the number of patents related to soundproofing [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Dec 01 (Korea Bizwire) – Mando Footloose, the electric bike, will be on display in the Louvre Museum following a debut in Harrods, an upmarket department store in London, last year. Halla Meister, the retail and service unit of Halla Group, said on November 29 that it would present the Footloose e-bike at the Korea [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The city government of Seoul announced that the Myeongdong Tourist Information Center will open on November 29th with Seoul mayor Park Won-soon and other officials attending the opening ceremony to be held at 4PM. The center will be located at the heart of Myeongdong, Seoul’s most popular tourist attraction, on [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A ballet played by a group of kids — some of whom with disabilities — will be staged with the aim of raising public awareness about overcoming prejudice through a tool of the elegant performance dance. Under the auspices of the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MH), the play ‘Peter [...]
GYEONGGI-DO, Korea, Nov 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Pocheon-Ski resorts of Korea are now one of the Korean wave factors whose main agent has been K-POP so far. Previously, visitors from South-East Asia flocked to Myeong-dong or Gang-nam in Seoul. Now, they are swarming to ski resorts in Korea in the winter season. Some parts of China and [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Culture Information Service Society, an agency under the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, said on November 16 that it signed an agreement with MiraeN, the government-approved textbook publisher, to reproduce videos on Korean culture available on its Culture Portal (www.culture.go.kr) in the latter’s M-Teacher website (www.m-teacher.co.kr). The [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Software company OpenVACS has launched a new international calling card “OTO Global Card,” following the same service on the Internet. The calling card, to be sold in 8,000 CU convenience stores across the country, allows the user to make phone calls to 245 countries worldwide. Available in denominations from 5,000 [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 15 (Korea Bizwire) – As more and more people raise their awareness on animal experimentation, cosmetic companies worldwide are responding to the call for more ethical consumption of cosmetics without involving animals in any form. On upcoming November 16, Lush Retail, the British cosmetic purveyor famous for fresh handmade cosmetics, will hold the first [...]