SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Two camels at Seoul Grand Park, which have been isolated from the public since June 2 due to concerns over MERS, were confirmed to have tested negative for the virus on June 5. Seoul Grand Park showed the camels to the public on June 6. Park officials said that [...]
GOYANG, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A cargo truck caught fire on the roads of Sinpyeong-dong in Goyang on June 2, possibly due to a cigarette butt thrown by a careless driver. The fire completely destroyed the truck’s load of kitchen utensils, resulting in a 15 million won (US$ 13,530) property loss, and was put [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — KB Kookmin Bank launched a new OTP (one-time password) generating security card that does not require customers to manually write down generated OTPs. The new ‘Smart OTP Service’ is comprised of a credit card-type OTP generator that only needs to be put near a smartphone to authenticate a trade. [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) – While visiting the Hanok (Korean traditional house) Village in Jeonju, Charles Hay, the British Ambassador to Korea, could not hide his amazement at its splendid beauty. Ambassador Hay visited Jeonju on June 2, and enjoyed the traditional beauty of the village. While in the village, he looked around some 700 [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Post is launching a series of ‘Must Visit Korean Places’ stamps, according to a statement on June 2. First in the series is a four-stamp set which features photographs of Dumulmeori, where the South Han River and North Han River meet in Yangpyeong, Goesan Mountain’s Hwayang Valley draped [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Forty guerrilla gardeners from the College of Life and Environmental Sciences at Konkuk University and eight elderly citizens planted flowers in a park at Ttukseom Recreation Area on May 31. Five university students from the department started guerrilla gardening in 2013, and the tradition has since spread, with all of the enrolled [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Eden Nine Agency has finally revealed pictures of Won Bin and Lee Na-young‘s wedding. The two were married in a wheat field in Jeongsun, Gangwondo on May 30. Their unconventional wedding in Won Bin’s hometown drew attention, as the humble and secret outdoor ceremony stood in stark contrast with other [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Talk is the most frequently used app in the world, according to Mary Meeker’s 2015 Internet Trend report. For the first quarter of 2015, Kakao Talk was visited 55 times a day per user, based on an analysis of Quettra on 75 million users of Android devices around [...]
JEJU, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju pork farms will be provided with quality breeding pigs from Canada, as a livestock agency in Jeju will import 150 pigs from Canadian farms, individually selected by its workers. The agency will start to breed them to provide Jeju pig farms with quality pigs. The selected Landrace, Yorkshire [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The full restoration plan for a stone pagoda at the site of Miruk temple in Iksan, which has been supported by local communities in opposition to a different plan from the Cultural Heritage Administration, has lost steam after the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) stated that a [...]