SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s whisky imports have surged this year, reaching a new high, data showed Wednesday. The volume of imported whisky amounted to 16,900 tons, marking a 50.9 percent increase compared to last year, and setting a new record, according to the data from the Korea Customs Service. The value [...]
TAEBAEK, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Taebaek Sunflower Festival is set to take place in the city of Taebaek, Gangwon Province, from Friday to August 15, the festival organizer said. Guwau Village in the city has annually hosted the festival in the nation’s largest sunflower patch spanning 100,000 square meters. During the summer season, [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s newly registered vehicles rose 12 percent in the January-June period from a year earlier, helped by increased sales of environmentally friendly models, the transport ministry said Thursday. The number of registered cars increased to 918,385 units in the first half from 822,043 units in the same period [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of people are paying visits to an eerie tree featured in the popular SBS TV drama “Revenant.” In the drama, the tree was described as having been used to hang the bodies of children who died from infectious diseases, after placing them in pottery. In reality, [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Korea is set to introduce an exciting new large size, known as the Trenta (887 ml). The term “Trenta” originates from Italian, meaning “30,” and this new size is approximately 1.5 times bigger than Starbucks’ previous largest size, the Venti (591 ml). Starting from July 20 until September [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean home appliance makers have intensified their efforts to offer specialized repair services in the Chungcheong area, which has suffered extensive damage from recent flooding and landslides. Samsung Electronics Service Co., a warranty service arm of Samsung Electronics Co., said Tuesday it would dispatch teams to the city [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top wireless carrier, said Tuesday it has launched a video control solution utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) technology for video recognition to monitor various accidents. Developed in collaboration with local software development company Innodep, the solution utilizes video recognition AI technology to analyze individuals, vehicles, [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean online lender KakaoBank Corp. said Tuesday it will be introducing a “personal vault” service, allowing users to store documents and photos as computer files. Depending on the level of sensitivity associated with each file, users will have the option to implement additional security measures. For instance, less [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s barley output fell 1.1 percent in 2023 from a year earlier, data showed Wednesday, due to the adverse effects of heavy rainfall over recent months. The production of barley in the country came to 97,794 tons this year, down 1,042 tons from 2022, according to the data [...]
NAMWON, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A rare puffball mushroom has been spotted once again at an orchard in the foothills of Mount Jiri for the 10th consecutive year. The puffball mushroom was recently found in an apple orchard owned by Joo Ji-hwan, a 60-year-old farmer from Namwon, North Jeolla Province. It has a ball-like [...]