SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The New York Festivals (NYF), one of three major advertisement festivals in the world, opened its spin-off festival in Yeoju, Korea on July 1. ‘The NYF in Yeoju 2015’ will feature about 5,000 advertisements which have been shown at or awarded by the NYF in New York in May, [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The city of Paju has announced plans to develop a 15.5 billion won (US$ 13.8 million) theme park on a 200,000㎡ site around Majang Lake by 2017. The theme park, named Outro Theme Park, will be comprised of promenade routes, trekking courses, campgrounds and swimming pools. The city is [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Cheongyang County, which is famous for its hot pepper, announced that it successfully developed a new honey bee (Jangwon Bee) with superior ability in collecting honey and reproduction. According to the county, the bees collect 31 percent more honey and are 45 percent more reproductive than other bees. The [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Workers at Gangjin Goryeo Celadon Museum are displaying porcelain fired in a traditional kiln on June 30. During the celadon event, they successfully produced 44 pieces of porcelain including a replica of the National Treasure “Celadon vase with inlaid crane and cloud designs.” Prior to the display, they ignited fire [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Land & Housing Corporation (LH), which recently relocated its headquarters to Jinju, will open a special museum about the history of Korean housing on July 1. With two permanent exhibition rooms, the Land and House Museum will exhibit the history of housing in Korea and the development of [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Kia Motors, the second largest automaker in Korea, began promoting its new brand campaign supporting and encouraging youth around the world who are afraid of driving. Kia announced on June 29 that it unveiled the video clip for its new “Gear Up” campaign in major countries including Korea, China [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance has launched a website ‘봄이.com’ that shows the daily life of a 40-day-old puppy called ‘Bomi,’ a guide-dog trainee at the Samsung Guide Dog School. Bomi will be featured on the website as a cute and friendly character that shares information about safety in [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The recent drought in Korea, still not mitigated by rain on June 25 and 26, is so severe that it is triggering the development of serious algal bloom in the Han River and rivers in Daegu and Gangwondo, causing stranding masses of fish in Goyang. Fishermen around the Han [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Convenience store franchise CU is hitting the market with a limited edition set of tumblers produced to commemorate the centenary year of the famous Coca Cola bottle. CU will be the sole provider of the three kinds of tumblers in Korea, which will be produced by Cool Gear under [...]
YEONGDEOK, Jun. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The 11th Yeongdeok Lohas Beach Marathon will be held at Goraebul Beach in Byeonggok-myeon on July 12. The main marathon route is 42.195 kilometers from the beach to the port of Chuksan. There will be also a half course of 21 kilometers, a short course of 10 kilometers and [...]