INJE, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The mountainous Inje County in Gangwon will set up a special monument commemorating Marilyn Monroe, who performed several times for US soldiers following the Korean War (1950-1953). The county will place the monument at Inje Catholic Church, where Monroe performed for American soldiers on a make-shift stage in February 1954. [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Five Korean kids worked as curators at a Honda booth at the 2015 Seoul Motor Show on April 6. As participants of Honda Korea’s ‘Kids Curators’ program, the children explained what they found appealing about Honda vehicles, and told visitors to the booth about their personal experiences with Honda [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group‘s social enterprise Easy Move will introduce a RV Ray remodeled vehicle which allows a driver to control the car while sitting on a wheelchair. Named the ‘Ray Easy Move,’ the car will be launched at the Seoul Motor Show on April 8, said Easy Move on April [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Motor Show, which kicked off last Friday, has attracted more than 230,000 people eager to see the latest automobile trends in just three days. A total of 234,000 people have already visited the event, which will be held until April 12 at the Korea International Exhibition Center [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics recently unveiled a new model of its POWERbot robot vacuum cleaner, which can be easily controlled by a smartphone app. The robot cleaner can be controlled using the “Samsung Smart Home” smartphone application, which users to remotely access the cleaner through Wi-Fi. As it can be controlled remotely, [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Bukchon Village has been designated as a model town for the city’s IoT city project, said government officials on April 5. The city will establish various measures to solve noise and littering problems caused by a recent influx of tourists into Bukchon Village, by developing IoT platforms for the town. [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Seongnam Art Center is presenting a Music Animation Machine, a new type of classical music performance, at its Ensemble Theater from April 22 to 25. The performance is composed of classical music performers and animated graphic patterns moving in accordance to the rhythm and dynamics of the performed music. [...]
ILSAN, South Korea, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Motor Show, the largest auto event in South Korea, kicked off on April 3 with about 30 local and foreign automakers competing to draw the spotlight to their latest cars and new technologies. The carmakers will display some 370 cars during the biennial event to [...]
ULSAN, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Ulsan Metropolitan City is promoting a special campaign to improve citizens’ health by urging them to kick jegi, a Korean-style shuttlecock. The city government expects that the campaign will contribute to the prevention of obesity and chronic diseases. For the campaign, the city will place 22 jegi boxes around the [...]
Jeju, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) – A seabed crater has been found in Korean waters for the first time. The crater is located 4 kilometers off the south-east coast of Pyoseon Harbor in Seogwipo city. With a total area surpassing that of 16 football fields, the crater is estimated to be 5000 years old, as [...]