SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The market for robot vacuum cleaners, including high-end luxury products, is rapidly expanding in South Korea. According to price-comparison service provider Connectwave Co., purchases of robot cleaners from online shopping malls increased by 23.7 percent during the first quarter of this year, a rise of 74 percent from a [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — As the sun set over Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul on Wednesday, participants engaged in a beautiful and time-honored tradition, performing “tabdol-i” or circling of the pagoda during a lighting ceremony ahead of Buddha’s birthday. This captivating event is a Korean traditional folk play and an integral part of Buddhist [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) –The Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism will exempt visitors from paying admission fees to see nationally designated cultural properties in their 65 temples starting next month. This decision follows the implementation of the revised Cultural Property Protection Act, which allows owners of these properties to collect admission fees. The exemption [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung has partnered with Microsoft to create gaming hubs in London and New York, equipped with Samsung smart TVs and gaming monitors at Microsoft Experience Centers. The Samsung Gaming Hub is a streaming gaming platform integration service that allows users to easily enjoy cloud gaming without additional device connections [...]
SEJONG, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Eurasian oystercatchers are struggling to breed due to the presence of photographers. These birds typically arrive at a mud flat in Gochang, North Jeolla Province, between late March and early April to breed. However, in recent times, photographers have been encroaching upon their habitat, preventing them from incubating their [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of babies born in South Korea dropped to yet another record low level in February, data showed Wednesday, further highlighting the population crisis facing Asia’s No. 4 economy. Only 19,939 babies were born in February this year, down 3.7 percent from a year earlier, according to the [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Major South Korean firms’ spending on research and development (R&D) swelled 14 percent in 2022 from a year earlier despite sharply decreased operating income amid an economic slowdown, a market tracker said Wednesday. Combined R&D expenditures by 231 out of the country’s top 500 companies came to 68.4 trillion [...]
CHUNCHEON, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Legoland theme park in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province will open until 9 p.m. every weekend and holidays for six months, the operator said Tuesday. Legoland Korea Resort said it decided to extend its daily operations to 9 p.m. every Friday through Sunday and on holidays during the period from [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean taekwondo grandmaster on Monday has set a new Guinness World Record for the highest jumping roundhouse kick. Nam Seung-hyeon, head of the demonstration team at the World Taekwondo Headquarters, also known as Kukkiwon, achieved the feat on his 60th birthday by hitting a target apple placed [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Retail sales in South Korea rose 6.4 percent on-year in March as people’s growing outdoor activities boosted demand for fashion and other items, the industry ministry said Tuesday. The combined sales of 25 major offline and online retailers came to 14.5 trillion won (US$10.89 billion) last month, compared with [...]