SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese tech giant Xiaomi Corp. on Thursday released its newest smartwatch and wireless earphones in South Korea, aiming to compete with Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Unpacked event that occurred the day before. The Redmi Watch 3 and Redmi Buds 4 Active are priced at 104,800 won (US$81.94) and 19,800 [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A sculpture that recreates the barbed wire from the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on the Korean Peninsula has been displayed near the Memorial of the Berlin Wall in Germany. The sculpture, titled “A Leap of Faith,” is created by Korean artist Cha Joo-man and spans 42 meters in length. It [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean Cultural Center in Argentina on Tuesday (local time) held an opening ceremony for the exhibition “Illustrations for Korean Picture Books” by acclaimed author and illustrator Baek Heena. The exhibition was presented under the title “Reading Korean Stories through Pictures.” Baek, the 2020 laureate of the Astrid Lindgren [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of cigarettes in South Korea moved down 0.6 percent on-year in the January-June period, data showed Friday. South Korean smokers purchased 1.77 billion 20-cigarette packs in the first half, falling from 17.8 billion packs posted a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Heat-not-burn tobacco [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s exports of ice cream reached a record high in the first half of 2023, data showed Friday, on the back of the growing popularity of Korean entertainment content across the globe. Outbound shipments of ice cream and other edible ice products reached US$59 million in the January-June [...]
SEONGNAM, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The city government of Seongnam, just south of Seoul, said Thursday it will initiate a paid drone delivery service in August to enhance the convenience of citizens visiting Tancheon Water Park. Once customers place their orders through the drone app provided by a local dronmaker, the items will be [...]
GONGJU, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) – On July 15, a sculpture of Gomagom, the beloved mascot of Gongju City in South Chungcheong Province, was tragically washed away during a severe rainstorm. However, after 11 days of suspense, the sculpture was miraculously found, sparking widespread discussions and excitement. Gomagom, a modern interpretation of a bear from [...]
SUWON, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) issued a nationwide alert for Japanese encephalitis on Thursday after confirming Culex tritaeniorhynchus mosquitoes carrying the disease in Busan. The alert is triggered when the average number of mosquitoes collected twice a week surpasses 500, representing over 50% of the total mosquito [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Convenience stores are experiencing a surge in demand for COVID-19 test kits as South Korea reports a recent rise in new coronavirus cases. According to convenience store chain CU, sales of COVID-19 self-test kits between July 18 and 24 jumped by 34.8 percent compared to the previous week (July [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s total population fell for the second consecutive year in 2022 amid the country’s critically low births, data showed Thursday, with seniors taking up a larger portion of the population. The country’s total population dropped to 51.69 million in November, down 46,000, or 0.1 percent, from the previous [...]