SEOUL, Korea, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) – After the popular singer Lee Hyori announced her marriage ceremony in a small “house wedding hall,” more and more young women and men are interested in holding their own in similar places. In the past weddings were typically held in large wedding halls with more than 500 guests. [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Creative Contents Agency (KOCCA)(President Hong Sang-pyo) will present technologies of 5 domestic firms to foreign investors and also organize ‘Networking Night’ for international exchanges, at the Korean Pavilion at Siggraph 2013, the world’s largest culture technologies(CT) exhibition, held in Anaheim, California in the US, for five [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) – CheongShim Hospital, Korea’s leader in medical tourism, will hold an academic conference on July 19 in commemoration of its 10th anniversary. To be held at 5 pm on Friday at the hospital’s auditorium, the conference will be attended by Cha Sang-hyup, the hospital’s chief director, and Kim Sung-gi, Gyeonggi [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The Anshim Village in Hamyang County, South Gyeongsang Province, will hold a “bitter melon” festival for three days between August 9 and 11. Bitter melon, alternatively called bitter gourd or bitter squash, is widely grown in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean for its edible fruit, which is among the [...]
SEOUL, Korea, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey found more than 30 endangered animal species within the military demarcation line, including the Siberian musk deer, long-tailed goral, and Eurasian otter. The Ministry of Environment and the National Institute of Environmental Research said on July 16 they conducted last year a joint investigation in [...]
Commercial film for Mackiss, which expressed the identity of the mixed drink in a funny way, like repeatedly saying “You wanna mix with me?” which also sounds like sexually suggestive messages to the audience. SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) – More and more alcohol drinkers prefer “mixed drinks,” including cocktail. According to E-Mart, the sales [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The British Council has opened its newly designed website (www.britishcouncil.kr) on July 16. The new site has strengthened interactivity and user convenience in reflection of user input. Earlier on the 10th, the British Council had launched a new app “British Council Verbs” for English learners on Apple App Store. [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The International Youth Fellowship will hold a world culture festival in the evening of July 18 at Seoul Plaza in front of the City Hall. The event will feature Boris Abalyan, the conductor at Saint Petersburg Conservatory and the Rimsky-Korsakov College of Music, and Igor Lebedev, the world-renowned pianist. In [...]
[M/V] Beautiful World (Music Video) by W-Foundation (Wisdom for future Foundation) SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) – UN-Water and UNESCO declared 2013 as the United Nations International Year of Water Cooperation. The objective of this International Year is to raise awareness, both on the potential for increased cooperation, and on the challenges facing water management [...]
K-pop phenoms 2NE1 have made their long-awaited comeback with new single “Falling in Love.” The group also gets points for incorporating a rarely-heard reggae genre to K-pop. In addition to dropping “Falling in Love,” YG Entertainment has announced that 2NE1 will be releasing a new single every month from July to October, when its new [...]