SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of popular Korean TV series including Netflix’s “The Glory” and the tvN series “Crash Course in Romance” are garnering attention for their fashion design. Park Yeon-jin, one of the high-school bullies in “The Glory” who works as a weather reporter as an adult, made waves with a [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2023 Squid Olympics was held on Sunday at the Hong Kong’s Southorn Stadium in the neighborhood of Wan Chai. The event, inspired by the South Korea’s global sensation “Squid Game,” hosted a variety of Korean traditional games like “Red Light, Green Light,” “dalgona bbobggi” and “tug of war.” [...]
POHANG, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A fire fueled by underground natural gas, a rare resource in South Korea, has been burning for six straight years in the southeastern city of Pohang. In March 2017, a construction company drilled a tube well 200 meters underground to develop underground water in a Pohang park. During the [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Japanese animated film “Suzume” has drawn over 1 million admissions in the first six days of its release in South Korea, its local distributor said Monday. Japanese director Makoto Shinkai’s latest animation surpassed 1 million admissions at around 12:30 p.m., reaching the mark at the fastest pace among [...]
JEJU, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — After the ousting of the stray cats from Marado Island for the safety of crested murrelets, pet dogs on the island are also rising as a risk factor against the endangered bird species. The World Heritage Office of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province recently advised island officials to impose strict [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea National Park Service announced that it is going to place an entry ban on Geomundo Island’s seashore rocks for the preservation of the local ecosystem. The entry ban will be imposed over seashore rocks contaminated by fishing and marine leisure activities for a designated period for the [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of art exhibitions designed to cater to visually impaired individuals are incorporating scents within their galleries. An exhibition by American artist Donna Huanca at Space K Seoul set up incense designed by the artist herself on Thursday. The incense combines Palo Santo, a tree native to [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 60 percent of South Koreans are against the government’s plan to compensate victims of Japan’s wartime forced labor on its own without involving Japanese firms, a poll showed Friday. In the poll of 1,002 adults conducted by Gallup Korea on Wednesday and Thursday, 59 percent said they oppose [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the time taken to transport patients to the hospital following emergency calls has increased significantly. The National Fire Agency reported that its emergency rescue squad transported patients in 1.99 million cases last year, an increase of 7.3 percent from 2019. The duration [...]
DAEJEON, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has developed an unmanned smart farm robot that can harvest and transport fruits without the need for human help. The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials said Thursday that its researchers has developed a special robot that can harvest garden crops such as fruits [...]