SEOUK, Korea, Sep 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul’s trendy youths in their 20s and 30s tend to have meals on Serogu-gil but splurge on latest fashion items on Garosu-gil, both located in toniest parts of Gangnam. According to credit card company BC Card on September 11 based on data collected from credit card transactions of [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sep 13 (Korea Bizwire) –”Running Man” is one of the most popular entertainment programs on network TV channels. Aired on every Sunday evening, the program makes the audiences of all ages feel part of it. As with all other entertainment programs in Korea, Running Man has several segments within the program, some of [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sep 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Lately the hiring practice of major corporations in the private and public sector is shifting toward evaluating the applicant’s comprehensive abilities including aptitude, attitude, character, and relationship, away from simple appraisal based on test scores and a list of manufactured experiences. For example, Small and Medium Business Corp. and [...]
The biting cold, I am not in fear of; the high-rise cliffs, not in fear of; and the scorching sun, not in fear of either. The only thing I am in fear of, however, is being not allowed to reach the one waiting for me. If any single person might be happier by my [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sep 11 (Korea Bizwire) – An American TV series ‘Gilmore Girls’ was a huge success all around the world. The series follows a story of a teenage girl and ups and downs of her life and her friends. One of her closest friends is a Korean-American girl whose mother is undeniably a devout Christian. [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sep 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The Master’s Sun, a dark romantic comedy, is a story about a man, so hurt and betrayed so wouldn’t believe in love and a woman, who happens to be able to see ghosts — and strangely, ghosts haunting her will go away when she comes to “touch” the guy [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sep 07 (Korea Bizwire) – Ahead of the upcoming fall season, Seoul Grand Park has launched a special program “From Seoul Zoo to DMZ,” jointly with School Gimm-Young Publishers, a publishing house specializing in children’s books. Attempted for the first time by the Grand Park, the program allows children to experience firsthand wildlife [...]
This audition is open to everyone from all corners of the world, and is a contest through which the best fusion food that most tastefully combines ‘Seoul Food’ and ‘local food from their country of origin’ will be selected. SEOUL, South Korea, Sep 05 (Korea Bizwire) – Those foreign nationalists who are either overseas or residents [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sep 06 (Korea Bizwire) – Upcoming September 8 is the 48th International Literacy Day as proclaimed by UNESCO in 1965. To commemorate the anniversary, the UNESCO headquarters in Paris will hold a variety of events to remind us of the importance of literacy and adult education. One of such events will be a [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sep 06 (Korea Bizwire) – Ahead of the fall tourism peak season, the Seoul city government will seek to encourage homeowners to rent out their extra rooms to foreign tourists visiting the city. The city’s policy makers expect that the measure would relieve the problem of hotel room shortages while at the same [...]