SEOUL, Korea, Nov 06 (Korea Bizwire) - A thousand strong delivery men from Domino’s Pizza and McDonald’s will double as night-watchmen protecting female pedestrians from muggers and rapists. The Seoul Metropolitan City Government said on November 4 that it would kick off a program “Seoul City Community Watchmen” jointly with Domino’s Pizza and McDonald’s through the use of [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Oct 31 (Korea Bizwire) – A YouTube commercial video of TicketMonster featuring Sam Hammington, a New Zealand-born Australian comedian and TV personality made famous by reality show Real Men in Korea, has logged in more than 1 million clicks since posting on October 27. Advertising execs said this is one of the funniest commercials [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Oct 25 (Korea Bizwire) – “The Larvas,” the homegrown animation popular among children and adults alike has appeared on a public campaign run by the Ministry of Environment. The Larvas were born after years of development effort to create unique cartoon characters that never existed before elsewhere. The funny-looking characters “Red” and “Yellow” [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid a situation where all food and beverage service businesses are struggling mightily owing to the ongoing recession and the rising food ingredient costs, there is one segment in the industry defying the overall slump: specialty coffee stores. According to a consulting firm specializing in franchise store, out [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Energizer Korea said on October 13 that its “Energizer Night Race 2013″ event was successfully held in the evening of the 12th at the Peace Plaza in Seoul’s Sangam World Cup Park with more than 10,000 participants. The fifth-year night marathon running festival began at 6:30 pm with [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 7, 2013 (Korea Bizwire) – Ubitus Inc., the worldwide technology leader in cloud gaming solutions, today announced it has enabled LG Uplus to bring the latest game-changing football classic title Konami’s Winning Eleven 2014 to C-games. The game, which has been nominated for Best Sports Game at Gamescom, will first be available [...]
INCHEON, South Korea, Sept. 27, 2013 (Korea Bizwire) – On 26th of November, Incheon International Airport (ICN), Korea’s busiest airport, and the only airport in the world to be voted best in the world by Airports Council International for eight consecutive years, breaks ground on Terminal 2. Gensler, as the collaborating design architect with the HMGY (Heerim-Mooyoung-Gensler-Yungdo) Consortium, [...]
NEW YORK, Sep. 23, 2013 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Society and the Asian American Film Lab (“Film Lab”) are delighted to present a joint entertainment event, open to the public, on October 22nd at 7:00PM at The Korea Society, 950 Third Avenue, in New York City. The Film Lab and The Korea Society have [...]
Milan, Italy, September 20, 2013 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung and MOSCHINO today announced a partnership to launch a brand new series of GALAXY Note 3 accessories. Samsung GALAXY Note 3 and GALAXY Gear will be presented as part of MOSCHINO’s 2014 Spring/Summer runway look during its 30th Anniversary celebration on September 21st. To help celebrate [...]
DUBAI, Sept. 25, 2013 (Korea Bizwire) – Out of respect for Mother Nature, Opera Gallery is pleased to announce its ‘Arts of Nature’ exhibition, featuring two promising contemporary Korean artists. In an increasingly consumer-driven, disposable society, the environment and its plight is ever-more prevalent. Chae Sung-Pil, born 1972, currently lives and works in Paris, France, [...]