SEOUL, Jun. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Over 22,000 bed mattresses found to emit radiation levels above safety standards have been collected nationwide over the weekend, the country’s post office said Monday. Some 30,000 employees and 3,200 vehicles were mobilized to collect 22,298 mattresses produced by Daijin Bed Co. on Saturday and Sunday, according to Korea [...]
DAEGU, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Agricultural Technology Center in Daegu will be holding a food festival where food free samples will be offered at the center’s hall in Bangchon-dong, Dong-gu at 2 p.m. So, what’s the catch? The food will be made from edible insects. This is due to the Agricultural Technology Center’s [...]
GURYE, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The second Korean “Oxfam Trailwalker” took place on Saturday at Gurye Natural Dream Park in Gurye County. The event consisted of four-person teams that journeyed on a 100-kilometer walk for 38 hours. The origin of the walk stemming from Hong Kong in 1981, its primary aim is for charity [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean retailers are basking in brisk sales of traditional alcoholic beverages after two famous brands were served at the dinner for last month’s historic summit, industry sources said Thursday. The leaders of South and North Korea enjoyed the two alcoholic drinks — “munbaeju,” a distilled liquor that originated [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government has asked activists to refrain from sending anti-North Korea leaflets into the demilitarized zone from May 1 onwards in accordance with the North-South summit agreement. On Monday, the Ministry of Unification stated that it had asked civic groups to stop releasing the leaflets that afternoon. [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) – An independent investigation committee tasked with checking the work environment at Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday that it has found no clear evidence to link the chips and display lines with the illnesses suffered by some workers, although acknowledging there should be continuous studies. After carrying out a three-year probe, the team of experts said it found no critically [...]
INCHEON, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Olympic swimming champion Park Tae-hwan returned home from his Australian training camp on Tuesday to compete for a spot on the national team. Park spent the past three months training in Sydney. He’s back home for the national trials that start Friday in Gwangju, 330 kilometers south of Seoul. The trials, Park’s first competition of the season, will determine who will represent the [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of outbound South Korean women travelers outstripped men for the first time last year. According to a report released by the Korea Association of Travel Agents, over 24.83 million South Korean women traveled abroad last year, excluding flight attendants who accounted for 6.3 percent. In the meantime, the [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Red Velvet, Seventeen and other musicians will participate in the annual Dream Concert, a K-pop collaboration event, next month, organizers said Friday. The 24th edition will be staged at Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul on May 12, the Korea Entertainment Producer’s Association said. The association announced a lineup [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — One out of every 100 South Korean adults suffered from insomnia in 2016, a report showed Wednesday, with the rate increasing over the past five years. According to the report by the National Health Insurance Service, 541,958 people visited hospitals to be treated for insomnia in the one-year period, [...]