HAENAM, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Dinosaur Festival for Children, hosted by Haenam County in South Jeolla Province from May 5 to 7, ended in great success despite unfavorable weather conditions. This festival, which took place for the first time at the Haenam Dinosaur Museum, attracted an estimated 25,000 visitors until May 7, including [...]
GURYE, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Hwaeomsa, a thousand-year-old temple and the head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism nestled on the slopes of Jirisan, has announced its plans to kick off the “3rd Jirisan Hwaeomsa Yoga Grand Festival” on June 10. The event, to be held in the front yard of Hwaeomsa [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Toyota Korea is opening pre-orders on May 8 for its flagship Crown model, with an official launch date of June 5. The Crown is Toyota’s first mass-produced model, introduced in 1955, and has been released until the 16th generation last year. It is a crossover model that combines a [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Gangnam District office on Sunday announced the appointment of 39 global healthcare coordinators to offer translation services to foreign visitors seeking medical treatment in South Korea. The program, which began in 2011, aims to assist foreign patients visiting clinics in Gangnam District by providing dedicated medical translation services. [...]
BOEUN, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Songnisan (Mount Songni) Office of the National Park Service in South Korea is launching a major operation to eliminate largemouth bass from a reservoir in the park, as the non-native fish species has displaced native fish and the population is rapidly flourishing. The park has been trying to [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Cadillac Korea announced on Sunday that it will launch LYRIQ, the brand’s inaugural all-electric vehicle, in the second half of this year. The LYRIQ is a pioneering model in General Motors’ (GM) electrification strategy, serving as the first vehicle built on GM’s cutting-edge ULTIUM electric vehicle platform. Featuring a [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of international students studying at South Korean universities shot up 10 percent on-year in 2022 to set a new record, data showed Sunday, following eased global travel restrictions. Around 166,870 foreign students were studying at local universities as of April 2022, rising sharply from 152,258 tallied a [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of rail passengers in South Korea shot up 44 percent on-year in the first quarter, data showed Sunday, as the country returned to pre-pandemic normalcy. Around 39.2 million people traveled on railways in the January-March period, rising sharply from 27.2 million tallied a year earlier, according to [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s imports of Japanese beer more than doubled on-year in the January-March period, data showed Sunday, marking the highest amount since Tokyo’s export curbs against the Asian neighbor in 2019. Japanese beer imports came to US$6.62 million in the first quarter, soaring from $2.66 million tallied a year [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean travelers have shown a preference for Japan as a destination for free travel and Southeast Asian countries for package deals, according to data released by TIMON. Osaka, Japan was the top destination for overseas free travel bookings for departures between January 1 and 14 this year. The [...]