SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The spate of tanghulu (Chinese candied fruit skewer) shop closures in South Korea is a foretold tragedy. An analysis shows that tanghulu sales peaked in September 2023, just six months after the trend took off, and have been rapidly declining since. The fleeting nature of fad food businesses like Taiwanese [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said Wednesday it has officially launched its artificial intelligence (AI)-based veterinary care assistance service X Caliber in Australia and Indonesia. It marks the first official launch of X Caliber outside of South Korea, SK Telecom said, adding the company will work [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Where do young adults in Seoul most frequently dine out on weekends? According to an analysis by the Shinhan Card Big Data Research Institute, the trendy district of Mapo has overtaken the city’s traditional downtown as the prime weekend dining destination for those in their 20s. From 2019 through last [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) – From May 28 to July 28, the Seoul Craft Museum will present “Beyond Ornament: Utterance,” a landmark contemporary jewelry exchange exhibition between South Korea and Austria, the museum announced on May 27. This exhibition marks the first major artistic jewelry exchange since the two nations established diplomatic ties in 1892, [...]
TAEAN, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The short-necked clam harvesting season has begun in the coastal country of Taean, providing a lucrative source of income for local fishermen. According to Taean County officials, local workers started the first clam harvest of the year in the tidal flats near Beopsan-ri, Sowon-myeon, an area renowned for its clam [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics orchestrated a large-scale picnic on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on May 26 to celebrate the local launch of its MoodUP InstaView refrigerator. Coinciding with the city’s monthly car-free day that closes the iconic avenue to traffic, LG took the opportunity to organize its own promotional festivities. The company [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Dyson launched its WashG1 floor cleaning appliance in South Korea on May 27, introducing a suction-free device capable of wet cleaning and removing debris using water. At a launch event held at the Boffi showroom in Seoul’s Gangnam District, Dyson’s wireless vacuum cleaner engineering lead, Asaph Ooi, provided a live [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has announced plans to launch a pilot program for a new “smart toll” system on the nation’s highways, an initiative launched in collaboration with the Korea Expressway Corporation. The trial, slated to commence on May 28 for a one-year period, aims [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 60% of employees in South Korea view being rehired at a previous workplace positively, according to a recent survey conducted by Incruit, a human resources technology company. In a poll of 1,292 South Korean workers aimed at gauging attitudes toward being rehired after quitting, 16.8% said they felt [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of passengers on foreign airlines for international routes outpaced those of South Korea’s two full-service carriers in April, data showed Sunday, amid a rise in the number of overseas tourists visiting the country. The number of passengers for routes in and out of South Korea on foreign [...]