SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Shinsegae Department Store is holding a photo shoot event for Valentine’s Day on the seventh floor of its head branch store in Chungmuro from February 13 to 15. Couples, friends and families can preserve their moments in wall-size, black-and-white photographs. Shinsegae’s Gwangju Branch is also holding a similar event for customers who [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Getting newly printed bills during this Lunar New Year period in Korea is going to be challenging. Since Koreans have a custom of giving money to wish others well during the Lunar New Year, Korean banks have been competing to get larger stocks of newly printed currency, due to Koreans preference [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul city is hosting an exhibition of a historical archive composed of 260 photographs, newspapers, magazines and other media selected to talk about the main historical events that took place around the site of Seoul Plaza over the past 70 years. The exhibition is to be held from February 12 to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) is to lock-in two launch contracts with French launch services firm Arianespace on February 13. The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) said that it has been developing, in collaboration with the KARI, two geo-stationary multi-purpose satellites used for monitoring weather and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – If you happen to have neglected lipsticks left in your drawer, bring them to any Bobbi Brown store in Korea and get one new Bobbi Brown lipstick for one old lipstick! Bobbi Brown is holding this special recycling event for five shades, ‘Salmon’ in the Lip Color line, ‘Bright Poppy’ in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Gyeongbokgung and Changgyeonggung Palaces will be open for nighttime viewing from February 11 to 16 and February 10 to 15 respectively. Gyeongbokgung will be open from 7 pm to 9 pm with the last entrance at 8 pm, while Changgyeonggung will be open from 7 pm to 10 pm with the last [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the governor of Bangkok, and his delegation visited operation rooms and stations for Korea’s first monorail in Daegu on February 9. The governor has chosen to benchmark Daegu’s monorail system, line no. 3, in order to develop 10 lines of various types of trains including monorail trains and AGT (Automatic [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Gunsan Regional Oceans & Fisheries Administration is planning a 1.5 billion won (US$ 1.3 million) project to install five light beacons off the coast of Gyeokpo-ri, Buan-gun, Jeollabuk-do, said the administration on February 9. The light beacons, navigation facilities for maritime guidance on rocky hazards, will be built in form of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – POSCO Engineering and Construction opened lot no. 5 of the Ho Chi Minh City – Dau Giay Expressway (Long Tan – Dau Giay route) on February 8 at Dau Giay, in the southern Ho Chi Minh City area. The expressway is considered to be the beginning point of the South-North [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Lotte Mart presented Brussels sprouts, often called mini-cabbages or baby cabbages, on February 8 at its Haengdang Station Branch. Brussels sprouts, which are as small as coins, are a cultivar of cabbages. They contain high levels of vitamin C, potassium and iron. They also contain sulforaphane, known for its [...]