SEOUL, Apr. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean artists are holding musical and stage performances to remember those who perished in the Sewol ferry tragedy, a year after the disaster took place. The Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture is opening ‘Deluge,’ a non-verbal stage work made in remembrance of the incident, from April 16 to [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A global water forum kicked off for a six-day run in this southeastern city on Sunday to explore ways to cope with water shortages and other related problems, organizers said. The World Water Forum (WWF), the seventh of its kind, brings together about 1,800 political leaders, businesspeople and activists from [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The city of Suncheon is offering weekend observatory classes where anyone can learn about the migration of snipes and plovers, and observe them in their natural environment with instruction from professionals. Entitled “The 12,000 Km Journey of Snipes,” the program will be held at Suncheon Bay Ecological Park, a [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Lotte Department Store will be holding a campaign to send 1,000 goats to families in Africa from April 10 to May 5. Goats are a sustainable source of living in certain parts of Africa due to their ability to produce milk and reproduce in many numbers. Customers can donate [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Mirrorless digital cameras are selling rapidly this spring, grabbing a 60 percent share of Hi-Mart’s total camera sales since January, while sales in March increased 25 percent from February. The shares in 2011 and in 2013 were 12 percent and 44 percent respectively. Sales of DSLR cameras and compact [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) – If you crave the sharp taste of fermented Hongeo or skate fish, your best bet is to head to the Yeongsanpo Hongeo Festival, which will be held in Naju from April 17 to 19. The annual festival, which started in 2004, introduces the 600 years of history of fermented Hongeo, [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) – If you want to throw tomatoes at complete strangers and participate in a quest to find a gold ring with a bunch of other competitors, you should definitely make plans to check out Hwacheon Tomato Festival. The festival, which takes place in Gangwondo, will be held from July 30 [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan District Court surprised its three of employees by awarding them best-employee plaques on which three beautifully made pop-art style portraits of them were printed. On April 8, Ma Young-hee, Jung Jong-hoon and Kwon Tae-won were announced as the recipients of the awards, and received three pieces of [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) – After the big hit of Honey Butter Chips in Korea later last year, Korean retailers and manufacturers are expanding “honey marketing” by adding honey to existing products from food and drinks such as snacks, milk, coffee, ice cream, bread, fried chicken and noodles to cosmetics products. Market observers see [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — As two-income couples are increasing, more of them are leaving their children with their parents while they are at work. ‘Twilight Parenting,’ or ‘grand-parenting,’ is a newly coined term for this trend of elderly citizens in their 60s and 70s rearing their grandchildren. According to Statistics Korea, 2.5 million [...]