SEOUL, Apr. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul will be the stage for the inaugural “Slow and Steady Han River Triathlon Festival” (translated) on June 1 and 2, inviting participants to complete swimming, cycling, and running events within 48 hours at Ttukseom Hangang Park in Gwangjin District, the city government announced on April 23. Planned personally by [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 22 (Korea Bizwire) –Hyundai Motor Company is offering Pakistani drivers some relief from the region’s scorching summer temperatures through an innovative nanotechnology that drastically reduces interior vehicle heat without tinted windows. The South Korean automaker launched a campaign called “Made Cooler by Hyundai” this month to install its proprietary “nano cooling film” on [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 22 (Korea Bizwire) –Kakao’s impact commerce platform Kakao Makers has partnered with food giant CJ CheilJedang to launch an upcycling initiative that will transform discarded containers from the company’s popular instant rice products into new merchandise. Timed to coincide with Earth Day on April 22, the “Instant Rice Container Reborn Project” seeks to [...]
BUSAN, Apr. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The Busan Coast Guard announced on April 20 that it will award a total of 900,000 won in rewards to individuals who reported cases of ocean pollution during the first quarter of this year. The Coast Guard operates a reward system for reporting marine pollution incidents to supplement its ocean [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – In an effort to reduce plastic waste, South Korea’s telecommunications industry is downsizing the physical SIM cards issued to mobile subscribers. SK 7mobile, the budget phone brand of SK Telink, announced that it will introduce new SIM cards that are one-fourth the size of standard versions. Traditionally, a single SIM [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 18 (Korea Bizwire) –In a recently published book, Son Woong-jung, the father of Tottenham Hotspur captain Son Heung-min, firmly rejected the notion that parents should strive to be friends with their children. “People often say parents should be friends with their kids, but I see that as dereliction of duty,” said Son Woong-jung, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The Gangnam District Office in Seoul has announced the launch of a new “Bite-Sized Math” video series through its online Gangnam Video Lecture platform, designed to help middle school students master key concepts in just five minutes per topic. Catering to the growing “short-form” video trend that emphasizes time efficiency, [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The K-pop group BTS will hold a pop-up exhibition titled ‘Monochrome’ in Seoul’s Seongsu-dong neighborhood from April 26 to May 12, their agency Big Hit Music announced on April 17. BTS shared black-and-white posters photographed before the members’ military enlistment through their official social media accounts on the same day. [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The district of Jung-gu in Incheon has launched a mobile application aimed at preventing isolated deaths among its growing population of single-person households, officials announced on Tuesday. The “Safe eJung-gu” app is designed to automatically send emergency text message alerts to pre-registered guardians if the user, deemed at high risk [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 10 (Korea Bizwire) –Foreign news outlets have praised South Korean broadcasters for their fresh and engaging attempts at election night coverage for the recent general elections. In an article titled “Is This a K-Drama? No, It’s Election Night in South Korea,” the BBC highlighted how major South Korean broadcasters incorporated elements of popular [...]