SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea celebrates the art world of French artists to mark the 130th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries, museums and art galleries here said Monday. At the Art Wall Gallery inside the Shinsege Department Store in downtown Seoul, a photo exhibition of Maia Flore is on [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Models pose for a photo with stormtroopers, fictional soldiers in the Star Wars movies created by George Lucas, on the campus of Konkuk University in eastern Seoul on May 2, 2016, two days before “Star Wars Day,” a global event observed by fans of the sci-fi films. May 4 [...]
YONGIN, South Korea, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A pair of Chinese giant pandas that arrived here last month as part of a joint research project were officially unveiled to the public on April 21 at the country’s largest amusement park south of Seoul. After some 50 days of allowing the animals to get used [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean President Park Geun-hye plans to wear a headscarf to cover herself during her historic visit to Iran to observe the country’s strict religious dress code policies, a government source said Saturday. In her first trip next month to the Islamic republic since the two countries forged diplomatic [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean Chopin competition winner has charmed concertgoers in the famous composer’s home country of Poland. Cho Seong-jin, who won the prestigious 17th international Frederic Chopin piano competition in October, visited the country four months later. His visit coincided with the 206th anniversary of Chopin’s birthday.’ In the [...]
SEOUL, Dec.14 (Korea Bizwire) – The majority of those who were promoted from rank and file workers to executive positions at the Samsung Group selected the new K7 from Kia Motors as their first company car. According to Samsung Group, 197 employees were promoted to executive positions on December 4. Company cars are provided to [...]
SEOUL, Dec.9 (Korea Bizwire) – A parody video of North Korea’s founding father Kim Il-sung, the late leader Kim Jong-il and current leader Kim Jong-un dancing is gaining popularity on YouTube. The 25 second long video clip named ‘I got it from my ABAY (meaning ‘father’ in North Korean)’ had reached 171,013 views as of [...]
“Some people have argued there was no big issue, but this is because most of the critical bilateral matters such as the transfer of wartime operational control of South Korean troops and cost sharing for U.S. forces on the Korean Peninsula have all been resolved in advance.” – a Cheong Wa Dae insider who spoke [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A new piece of art created through a sponsorship from Hyundai Motors is being exhibited at Tate Modern in England. Hyundai Motor opened the ‘Hyundai Commission 2015′ at Tate Modern, an international museum of modern art located in London, England. The exhibit continues until April 3, 2016, and introduces [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Kakao, who earlier refused an interception warrant from an investigative agency, changed its stance after a year, and has decided to cooperate. Although concerns over the occurrence of cyber asylum are stirring, officials are predicting that there won’t be a huge drop in the number of users. Kakao insists [...]