INCHEON, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) — An annual event to reenact “Operation Chromite,” a U.S.-led operation during the Korean War, will return after 7-year hiatus, the event’s host city said Sunday. The city of Incheon and the Navy will jointly reproduce the event by mobilizing 29 warships, 23 aircraft, 15 amphibious vehicles, and 3,000 troops [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Character Licensing Fair 2023, South Korea’s largest fair for the character industry, took place at COEX in southern Seoul on Thursday. For the first time ever, a webtoon booth was set up at the fair. The booth, measuring 7 meters in width and 4 meters in height, resembled [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — University students from a federal republic within Russia are currently visiting South Korea, engaging in various Korean cultural events, including paper folding. A total of 27 students from Kazan Federal University in Tatarstan on Thursday visited the Paper Art Museum in central Seoul on Thursday. “I created a paper [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — With a growing number of Koreans planning trips accompanied by their pets, hotels and airlines are devising new services to attract them. DoubleTree By Hilton Seoul Pangyo offers the rental of premium baby strollers, enabling guests to take leisurely walks with their pets. The hotel additionally provides pet-exclusive dining [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-biggest carmaker, said Thursday it will open a popup store in Seongsu-dong, eastern Seoul to support the growth of e-sports. Named Earth 6A3, the store will feature captivating displays that take visitors on a virtual journey, immersing them in the world of professional gaming. The [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on Wednesday that a total of 970,000 citizens participated in the Carless Jamsu Bridge Walking Festival in the first half of this year. The Jamsu Bridge festival took place nine times between May 7 and July 9. Among the various programs, the most popular [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it will introduce a new feature for its Bespoke Oven, capable of utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) vision recognition technology to identify various types of food through a camera. The internal cameras of View Camera Bespoke Ovens will receive a software update, enabling them to [...]
SUNCHEON, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — An Earthing Day is scheduled to take place on Sunday at Suncheon Bay National Garden, a vast ecological park located in the southwestern city of Suncheon. The Organizing Committee for the Suncheonman International Garden Expo explains that “Earthing” is a healing method involving the absorption of the Earth’s curative [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Construction machinery manufacturer HD Hyundai Infracore Co. said Wednesday it has developed a mobile app utilizing augmented reality (AR) technology to assist in the diagnosis and repair of construction machines and equipment. The AR Guidance app integrates AR technology with 3D modeling data and data collected from component sensors [...]
GANGNEUNG, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Vognyk Choir from Ukraine, who participated in the 2023 World Choir Games in Gangneung, made a visit to the Gangneung Museum of Art on the afternoon of July 11. During their visit, they had the opportunity to meet with Lee Jang-woo, a talented artist known as the “autism [...]