SEOUL, South Korea, Sept 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Social enterprise “Weenu” will hold a second “Art-up Seoul Festival” for two days between September 28 and 29 at Yoido’s riverbank park. The festival features a hundred artworks created from recycled electronic parts. Last September, Weenu had kicked off the first event with a theme of toys [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sept 18 (Korea Bizwire) – What’s the song comedians parody most these days? That’s “24 Hours” sung by Sunmi, the former member of five-member girl group Wonder Girls. After more than three years since her split with Wonder Girls, Sunmi has transformed herself into a mature lady in the latest music video. The [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sep 18 (Korea Bizwire)– This is a story of a mother whose daughter has had a hard time after giving birth to twin babies. The mother asked Tefal’s “home-cooked meal taskforce” to help her prepare hot food for her daughter. Tefal visiting chefs teamed up with the mom to set up the feast [...]
INCHEON, South Korea, Sep 18 (Korea Bizwire)– The 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee (IAGOC) unveiled the track and music video of JYJ’s Incheon Asiad song ‘Only One’ on September 16th noon, approximately one year to go until the Asian Games 2014. The song is available in worldwide music charts, and its music video can [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sep 17 (Korea Bizwire) – These days, there are so many people who say, “I would not skip a cup of coffee even if I miss a meal.” This is indeed true given how many specialty cafes there are out there. As of the end of 2012, the number broke the 15,000 level, [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sep 17 (Korea Bizwire) – More than a half of Koreans are in favor of a proposal to raise the cigarette price by 2,000 won. According to Gallup Korea data on September 16 based on a survey on 1,211 adults asking about their attitude toward smoking and smokers, 52 percent of respondents said [...]
Seoul, Korea, Sept 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Even without taking their clothes off, K-Pop girl group Kara proved they are sexy enough to enthrall the whole audience. The five-member girl group has come back with a title track “Damaged Lady” for the fourth album “Full Bloom.” In the music video Damaged Lady–already available online, Kara cast [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sep 16 (Korea Bizwire) – People lining up at train stations for tickets home may be one of the most universal urban landscapes all around the world in holiday seasons. People spend their precious time on the road to have long-anticipated family reunions. Koreans are no exception in this. September, the month in which [...]
G-DRAGON – 삐딱하게 (CROOKED) M/V Seoul, Korea, Sep 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Lately G-Dragon, the famous Korean rapper, released seven songs originally in Part II of his second official album “Coup d’Etat” on online music sites, including the title song “Crooked.” Only two hours after the publication, the song Crooked was ranked No. 1 in [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sep 14 (Korea Bizwire) – According to the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries on September 7 based on a research project commissioned to the Korea Social Economic Institute, the number of house cats in Korea has almost doubled in two years to 1.16 million in 2012 from 630,000 in 2010. The [...]