GEOJE, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Geoje will develop an eco-route near the port of Jangseungpo, according to a city announcement on June 10. The 17.2 kilometer eco-route will be completed by the end of the year, and will provide tourists and locals with a chance to enjoy Geoje’s unique coast. The route will start [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The preparatory committee for the Korea Queer Culture Festival and Rainbow Action, an activist group for sexual minorities, proceeded with their 16th annual festival at Seoul Plaza for the first time in its history amid protests from conservative and Christian groups. At the opening ceremony, only some 150 organizers and activists [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Cash-Bee, a nationwide transportation card, has been made into a wristwatch. The new wristwatch-type card is a quartz watch that will come in black, white and pink and can be used as a transportation card and cash card at 80,000 Cash-Bee-accepting stores nationwide. These stores include convenience stores, bus [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in Korea is even having a negative effect on sales of agricultural products from Sunchang County in North Jeolla Province, where a patient tested positive for MERS. One raspberry farmer said, “Among some 30 pre-orders for raspberry products, almost half were cancelled in [...]
SHINAN, Jun. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Cinnamon roller birds, which are called ‘Blue bird’ in Korea, were spotted on Gageo Island in Jeollanam-do. As blue birds in Maurice Maeterlinck’s play ‘The Blue Bird’ are hard to find, Cinnamon roller birds are rarely seen in Korea. The birds spotted are currently resting at the island to [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — SPA brand Giordano is launching a collection of T-shirts named WWS (World Without Strangers). ‘Hello Stranger’ is printed on the T-shirts, which will feature 30 different designs. Giordano has been launching T-shirt collections with heart-warming messages such as ‘Cheer You UP’ and ‘Hug Me.’ The company is delivering a [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) – After the government identified all of the hospitals affected by the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) on June 7, hospitals opened and carried out normal operations. However, their number of patient visits dropped precipitously. Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, one of the affected hospitals, was almost empty on June 7. [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Following the Korean government’s disclosure of a list of the hospitals affected by MERS, patient visits to these institutions have dropped drastically. Samsung Seoul Hospital, where 17 cases of the MERS virus broke out, had 18 percent of its medical staff isolated, and saw its number of daily visitors [...]
BUSAN, Jun. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A boar caused a scene at the center of Busan’s downtown, running wild for fifteen minutes before finally being shot by the police. On June 7, police received a report that a boar had hit a car and ran away. About 20 ambulance crews and police officers ran to [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Recently hatched baby toads began a mass migration from Mongwol Pond, Korea’s largest spawning ground for toads, to their nearby habitat at Uksu Stream, on June 5, in Daegu. According to Suseong District officials, about 1,000 baby toads were seen taking part in the exodus. It was a day [...]