SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) is launching 15,000 sets of Lunar New Year gift boxes composed of foreign currency bills. The gift sets will be sold on a limited basis, starting from February 4, and will only be available for purchase at KEB branches. Korean elders have a custom of giving [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Although 3,648,000 tons of milk were consumed in 2014, marking the highest milk consumption rate ever in Korea, the amount of milk for inventory was also the largest in 2014 due to the rise of imported milk products on the Korean market. The amount of milk for inventory reached 232,000 tons in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Fissler Korea is holding a special exhibition of steel arts, in celebration of its 170th anniversary, on the 8th floor of the Lotte Department Store Main Branch until February 5. Steel artworks in the exhibition entitled ‘Fissler Heritage Lounge’ are reflective of the history of innovation in Fissler’s cookware that [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – A young Korean Designer’s braille reader design was selected as a nominee for a Lexus Design Award 2014. The young designer, Jeong Joo-Cheon, was one of 12 nominees selected among 1,171 contestants from 72 countries. The third Lexus Design Award’s 12 nominees were screened by 6 jury members, including [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO has been actively involved in the rehabilitation of people in Mozambique by teaching agricultural skills based on Saemaul Undong, or New Community Movement, which former President Park Chung-hee introduced in Korea in 1970s. Together with KOICA, it runs the Mozambique Saemaul Agricultural Training Center, which offers instruction in farming [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The First Republic of Korea Army (FROKA) opened the first book cafe at the 12th division general outpost(GOP), on the front line in Gangwondo. The FROKA has been continuing its campaign of implanting a reading culture in the army since last October, and has created a container book cafe with [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A lovely rendition of Italian carmaker Fiat’s Cinquecento city car in a fridge has appeared on Daegu Department Store’s ninth floor. Ever thought of pulling out a refreshing soda can from under the beautiful retro hood of a Fiat? SMEG’s Fiat 500 is a small retro refrigerator in the form [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Gujwa-eup Office in Jeju is discarding 4,000 tons of carrots farmed at 100 local farms, totaling 100 ha, in order to stabilize souring carrot prices resulting from overproduction. The carrot farmers will be financially supported for discarding their harvests, and are expected to be compensated 1 million won (US$ 920) [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Gimhae Arts and Sports Center’s Yunseul Gallery is holding an exhibit entitled ‘Asia Independent Art’ until the end of February, announced the gallery on January 27. The painting above, titled ‘AK47girl-wave,’ is by Taiwanese artist Chen Ching-Yao, and is one of the works featured in the exhibition. Some controversies arose [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — MCM unveiled its 2015 spring/summer collection called ‘Game on! Diamond Land!’ at their flagship store Kunsthalle in Nonhyeon-dong, Seoul on January 27. The new collection is full of vitality, with eye-catching geometric patterns and bold colors on totes and backpacks creating a distinct look for the whole collection. Strong and [...]