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 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Korea is launching a new menu item called ‘Urinara Ok.Go.Gam.’ The dish translates into ‘Korea’s Corn, Sweet Potatoes and Potatoes’ and is composed of a corn, a sweet potato and a potato farmed in Gangwondo and Jeollabukdo, and served warm in a package. The 3,800 won meal is a [...]
IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Pierce Brosnan, known worldwide for his sophisticated movie hero roles, again makes the “Perfect Getaway” in Kia Motors America’s (KMA) 60-second spot for the all-new 2016 Kia Sorento CUV, making its broadcast debut during the third quarter of Super Bowl XLIX. In the spot, part of KMA’s multifaceted [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The signboard of a store in a small town in Gangwon province has been reborn as a work of art. Through the 2014 village art project entitled “The Twice More Joy Project,” the Village Art Project Committee and Jeongseon-gun transformed 38 commercial signboards from Hwaam-ri into works of art. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The photograph collection ‘Jeju Stone Walls Piled Up by the Wind’, containing worries about the beauty and the value of the iconic Jeju stone walls and plans for their preservation has been published. The cultural heritage value of the Jeju stone walls has only recently been recognized. They were registered [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — As many of the hundreds of monitors in video artist Paik Nam-june’s ‘The More the Better’ are not functional, a repair program has been planned which will last until the upcoming National Liberation Day. On January 26, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art stated, “We plan to finish [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — For the mental and physical health of its employees in the service industry, Lotte Department Store has prepared a rest and welfare facility for staff which is of the highest level in the industry. The ‘Salt Room’, which is a staff lounge situated on the first basement floor at the [...]
JEJU, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Chinese, who are especially fond of anything gold-colored, are paying thousands of dollars for boxes of 10 croceine croakers at Jeju Hallim Suhyup’s consignment market. Often called yellow croakers for their golden color, croceine croakers are a popular delicacy in China and an occasional side dish in Korea. Most [...]