DAEGU, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province have joined forces to run a PR booth at the 2023 Seoul International Travel Fair, taking place at COEX in Seoul until Sunday. The booth promotes regional tourism content and provides travel information to domestic and foreign tourists in Seoul and [...]
SAMCHEOK, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Rose Park in Samcheok, Gangwon Province, will be filled with 10 million roses for the Samcheok Rose Festival from May 20-24. The festival is being held for the first time in four years due to the onset of the pandemic. It will consist of various festivities, exhibitions, and [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The rising popularity of highballs has led to the development of a health-conscious whiskey that combines the properties of plums and highballs. Plums have been used for medicinal purposes for centuries and are known to have several health benefits. Bohae, a South Koran brewing company, launched today the “Maesil [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — KT announced on Wednesday the launch of a new product called the “AI Phone,” which is an all-in-one solution that combines a landline phone with an AI Call Assistant service for busy small businesses. The AI Call Assistant Lite service provides features such as AI greetings, call forwarding, call [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. on Wednesday unveiled a large hydrogen fuel cell truck model at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo 2023 being held in Anaheim, California. The newly-unveiled XCIENT Fuel Cell tractor weighs 37.2 tons and was developed to target the North American market, where long-distance truck transportation is [...]
TAEAN, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The production of salt, onto which pine pollen settles after being blown by the wind at a salt field in Taean County, South Chungcheong Province, has begun in full swing. This salt is highly rare since it can only be produced for about ten days during this time of [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom has launched a 3D personal space service called “Ifhome” on its metaverse service Ifland. The service allows users to decorate their space and record their daily lives. Ifhome has a capacity of 31 people, while the existing “land” has been renamed “ifsquare” to provide a communication space [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — On Wednesday, the city of Seoul held an opening ceremony for Haneul-So, an observatory-like sculpture located in Yeolrin Songhyeon green space in Jongno-gu. Haneul-So, which means “a space that looks to the sky” in Korean, will serve as the theme pavilion for the 4th Seoul Biennale of Urban Architecture [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Digital Foundation, a digital arm of the Seoul city government, on Tuesday launched a new service that allows users to raise pets in Metaverse Seoul, a metaverse ecosystem for administrative services. Users can adopt 10 kinds of virtual pets, such as dogs, cats, and rabbits, in the [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) —Korean Air has unveiled a special Boeing 777-300ER aircraft wrapped with photos of the members of BLACKPINK, a popular K-pop girl group, in honor of the Busan World Expo bid. The plane will promote the Expo by flying around the world, starting with a flight from Incheon to Paris. The [...]