SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean cosmetics brand Nature Republic’s Myeongdong store, famous for being located on the most expensive land in Korea, has been remodeled into a forest-like total beauty shop. The outside of the five-story building looks like a small forest, decorated with more than 50,000 pots of plants. Benches in front [...]
JEJU, Apr. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — More visitors are coming to Jeju to get some exercise. According to the Jeju Tourism Association, the number of visitors to Jeju for sporting activities between January and March 2015 was 406,451, which was a 16.3 percent increase compared to the same period last year. Their share among all [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The first ever five star hotel has been designated in Korea, and the honor went to Hotel Shilla, according to Korean tourism authorities on April 28. Hotel Shilla passed a field test and a secret test to earn the designation. Korea’s previous hotel grading system used symbols of flowers [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) – SPC Group, which operates various franchises including Paris Baguette, Baskin Robbins and Dunkin Donuts, launched a mobile reward ad service called Happy Screen for its Happy Point subscribers on April 27. With the service, the subscribers who install the Happy Screen smartphone app and watch ads will get points that [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A total of 150 Seoul town buses will be transformed into ‘Logi,’ a famous cartoon character that looks like a cute little bus from the Tayo the Little Bus animation. The Seoul city government and the cooperation for town buses will wrap Logi prints on 150 buses. Some 15 [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s first whale themed park, called ‘Whale Culture Town’, will be completed on May 18 in Ulsan. The 27.2 billion (US$ 25.2 million) project from Ulsan’s Nam-gu Office has a square, a whale sculpture park, an underwater plant garden and a park which looks like the inside of a [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Several Korean musicians will be introduced at three of the world’s most popular music festivals, said the Korea Creative Content Agency on April 23. On May 8, Verbal Jint, Dok2, The Quiett, Beenzino, Sultan of the Disco and Lunafly will appear at Canadian Music Week’s K-Pop showcase from 5 [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Amidst a drop in Korean alcohol consumption, soju, along with other hard liquor, is losing its popularity faster than any other drink. According to a report from the Korea Alcohol & Liquor Industry Association published on April 22, Koreans consumed an average of 8.73ℓ of alcohol beverages in 2013. [...]
Seogwipo, Apr. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A festival for bracken fern, a popular Korean delicacy known locally as gosari, will be held at Namjorobyeon in Jeju on May 2 and 3. The 20th Jeju Gosari Festival offers visitors the chance to gather bracken with helpers’ instruction, learn how to cook bracken dishes and walk along [...]
BUSAN, Apr. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2015 Pink Ribbon Marathon will be held in Haeundae, Busan on April 26. Organized by Amore Pacific and the Korea Breast Cancer Foundation, the marathon festival is held to campaign for active breast cancer self-checkups among Korean women, and has been running for fifteen years. All participation fees [...]