SEOUL, South Korea, Oct 08 (Korea Bizwire) – Naver, a Korean search portal with more than a 70-percent market share, said on October 7 that it would set up a “webtoon” (web cartoon) booth in the Frankfurt Book Fair to be held between the 9th and 13th, in partnership with the Korea Contents Agency. This [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Oct 07 (Korea Bizwire) – The City of Gyeongju invites you to this ancient land with lots of natural beauties in October. Gyeongju is not just famous as the Shilla capital with Bulguk Temple and the Seokguram Grotto. It has so many places to visit for hikers and motorists. The Mujang Peak in [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Oct 06 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government said on October 3 that it would hold a street event “Storytelling Tour on Hangul Gaon-gil” on the 6th Sunday to commemorate the upcoming 568th Hangul Day on October 9. In this event, there will be a variety of programs on offer including “Hangul [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct 05 (Korea Bizwire) – Meeting a love of life and living one’s life for that love is everyone’s romantic dream. It has been a constant theme of many masterpieces such as “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens, “the Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and “the Magic Mountain” by Thomas Mann. But [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct 05 (Korea Bizwire) – Hiking on a gigantic glacier hundreds of millions years old, frolicking with seals on the beach, and picnicking like a hobbit. All these sound so otherworldly, but in New Zealand you can do it all with ease and style. The spring has come in this land in [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct 02 (Korea Bizwire) – Convenience stores, the super-clean shops selling every conceivable item from instant noodles to sanitary napkins 24 hours a day, have become fixtures of city streets in Korea since the early 1990s. Big convenience store franchisers such as CU, GS25, and Ministop have locations all over the country from Seoul [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Sept 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of import cars on Korea’s roads is quickly on the rise. According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transportation, as many as 585,218 import cars have been registered with motor vehicle agencies in Korea for the eight-month period between January and August. This is more [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sept 30 (Korea Bizwire)–A new film “Kangchul” starring Yoo Ah In and Kim Hae-suk presented its theme song sung by Hong Dae-kwang, a singer known from Korea’s most-loved auditioning TV program “Superstar K.” Hong’s song “Goodbye with Smile” has been made into a music video and arrived before the theatrical release. His soulful voice [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Sept 26 (Korea Bizwire) – If you’d like to witness the growing enthusiasm for pets in Korea, ‘K-PET fair 2013′ would be an excellent opportunity to get to know the latest trends on pet culture and pet products available in Korea. This year’s exhibition is expected to be much bigger in size [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Sept 26 (Korea Bizwire) – During the long Chuseok holidays, the business that benefited most was none other than pet hotels. As more and more people adopt pet dogs and cats, they tend to rely more on the service of professional pet caretakers. A pet owner who took her dog during the [...]