SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Fashion and cosmetics retailer Shinsegae International Inc. announced on Wednesday that the global niche perfume brand Byredo had launched a beauty store in Garosugil, an upscale shopping district in southern Seoul. At the store, visitors have the opportunity to consult with professional consultants and try out all the available [...]
YONGIN, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Le Bao, aged 10, and Ai Bao, aged 9, residing in Everland’s Panda World, have recently welcomed twin baby girls. This achievement makes Everland the first zoo in Korea to successfully breed twin pandas naturally. The twin pandas were born on July 7, with Ai Bao going into labor. [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Rain and sun dual-use umbrellas are enjoying increasing popularity due to the unpredictable weather during the rainy season, which brings both rain and sunshine. Online shopping mall Gmarket witnessed a threefold increase in the sales of umbrellas and yangsan (small portable parasols) from July 3 to 9 compared to [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Brain, an artificial intelligence (AI) arm of tech giant Kakao Corp., announced on Monday the release of Karlo 2.0, a super-giant AI image-generating model that instantly creates vivid images. Karlo 2.0 is a large-scale AI that has been trained on a dataset comprising more than 300 million pages [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Musinsa Standard, a private-label brand operated by the South Korean fashion platform Musinsa Co., said Sunday it has installed clothing vending machines at five prominent tourist destinations near the cities of Goseong and Yangyang in Gangwon Province. These vending machines will offer Musinsa Standard’s Cooltandard Relax Fit Crew Neck [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. has adorned a 12-meter wall within the lobby of the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts with 89 LG Styler ShoeCases and limited edition sneakers. The company said Sunday it will host a special exhibition at Sneakers Unboxed Seoul, located at the Sejong Museum of Art, [...]
HONGSEONG, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Boryeong Underground Tunnel, the longest undersea tunnel in Korea, now features landscape lighting showcasing local tourism resources. A lighting ceremony will be held after completing lighting improvements along six sections of the tunnel. The tunnel, connecting Boryeong Daecheon Port and Wonsan Island, was initially expected to be a [...]
GANGNEUNG, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Anmok Beach, located off the city of Gangneung in Gangwon Province, is now ready to welcome visitors and their pets as preparations for the grand opening have concluded. The municipality has designated a 100-meter coastal strip on the northern side of the beach, where Gangneung Port and Coffee Street [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A new species of spider, which is believed to have lost its eyes over time as a result of adapting to life in a dark cave, has been discovered in South Korea. The National Institute of Biological Resources said Thursday it had found this eyeless spider, known as a [...]
DONGHAE, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The east coast city of Donghae in Gangwon Province announced that it will host a trail running competition on Saturday at Mangsang Beach. The 2023 Donghae Skyrace is a part of the Golden Trail National Series, which is organizing a series of three races in South Korea for the [...]