SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Two sheep have taken up residence in a coffee shop called Yang Café (Sheep Café) in Seogyo-dong, Seoul. There are many cat cafés and dog cafés in Korea, but the sheep café marks a departure from coffee shops featuring common domesticated pets. Yang Café has recently adopted two sheep [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 08 (Korea Bizwire) – Lotte World Mall is hosting a parade festival, and various promotional events celebrating its 100th day in operation. From February 6 to March 1, a parade of dance teams and bagpipe performers will be held twice a day on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at Jamsil Station Square. Several giveaway [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — La Maison du Chocolat, the international luxury chocolatier, opened its first store on the first basement level of Shinsegae Department Store’s Main Branch in Sogong-dong, Korea on February 6. Highly refined chocolate treats made with the best quality cacao beans, and exquisite macarons are the main attractions of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The Spanish Ambassador to Korea, Gonzalo Ortiz, paid a visit to Céspedes Memorial Park in Changwon, Gyeongsamnam-do on February 5. Gregorio de Céspedes, a Spanish Jesuit Priest, was the first European to arrive in Korea. He came to the Korean peninsula at the request of the Roman Catholic Church in 1593, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Members of several Korean NGOs, including ‘Child Save’, protested against extending the lifespan of Gyeongju city’s Wolsung Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 in front of the KT building in Gwanghwamun, Seoul on February 5. The attendees of the protest said at a press conference that they are strongly opposed to current [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage (NRICH) was donated a lifetime collection of 2,000 rare insect specimens by Hong Seung-pyo, a Korean entomologist, on February 4. The collection features a specimen of a titan beetle, the biggest species among beetles. Hong’s specimen is 11.4 centimeters long, which makes it the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Jeju city recently held a Tamna Ipchun festival, a traditional celebration to celebrate the first arrival of spring, and wish for good fortune for the rest of the year, at Jeju Mokgwana, a historic Joseon Dynasty government office site in Jeju.The festival included a gut, a ritual performed by Korean shamans, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Ahead of the Valentine’s Day season, the portion of imported chocolate products has steadily increased over the past three years. According to Lotte Mart, sales of imported chocolate during the Valentine’s season (from Feb. 1 to 14) increased from 39.4 percent in 2012 and 54.5 percent in 2013 to 58.3 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of marriages in 2014 is expected to reach an all-time low, while the number of newborns in 2014 is also expected to be low. The figures are fueling worries that low fertility rates and an aging population are becoming more imminent problems. According to Statistics Korea (KOSTAT), the accumulated [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Broadcast Advertising Corporation (KOBACO) is holding an exhibition of up-cycled products made by ex-homeless citizens who have successfully lent themselves to self-sustainability. The exhibition is being held at the Gwang Gyo Gallery, beside the Cheonggye stream in downtown Seoul, until March 15. The exhibition features 12 up-cycled products such [...]