SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) – US and South Korean military forces have conducted joint air drills in the West Sea, with the deployment of nuclear-capable B-52H strategic bombers on Monday. According to the Ministry of National Defense, the exercise involved South Korea’s F-15K and KF-16 fighter jets, following the deployment of US B-1B strategic [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Since the release of the anime movie “The First Slam Dunk”, basketball has been gaining popularity among people of nearly all ages in South Korea. The success of the movie has led to a steady increase in the number of basketball clubs at universities and the availability of basketball [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Department Store is collaborating with BTS and the LEGO Group to open pop-up stores featuring the LEGO BTS Dynamite set, which goes on sale on Monday. The pop-up stores will be located at Hyundai’s Pangyo Store and The Hyundai Seoul until March 26, offering fans a chance to [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Religious practice in South Korea has hit its lowest point since 1998, according to a survey conducted by the Korean National Association of Christian Pastors (KNACP). The survey, which interviewed 9,182 individuals aged 19 and above between February and November 2022, found that the share that identified themselves as [...]
JEJU, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Authorities have begun the task of removing stray cats from Mara Island, as they pose a threat to crested murrelets, an endangered species. Jeju’s World Heritage Office has captured 35 stray cats on Mara Island since Wednesday. The cats will be transferred to Jeju Island via barges. The office [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The overall space authorized by the government for the construction of high-rise buildings has shrunk in the greater Seoul area, while expanding in other provinces, data showed Thursday. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport reported that the space authorized for the construction of buildings that are more than [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Online shopping in South Korea surged 6.3 percent on-year in January as the purchase of travel services more than doubled on eased COVID-19 restrictions around the globe, data showed Friday. The value of online shopping transactions amounted to 17.91 trillion won (US$13.64 billion) last month, compared with 16.8 trillion [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of skincare devices hit a fresh high in 2022, data showed Friday, as people around the globe spent more money on beauty products amid eased social distancing rules. Exports of skincare devices, including light-emitting diode (LED) masks and massage tools, reached US$353 million last year, up [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of startups in South Korea fell more than 7 percent in 2022 from a year earlier amid a sluggish property market, government data showed Friday. A total of 1.317 million new companies were set up in the country last year, down 7.1 percent from a year earlier, [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A string of eye-catching abnormal weather and climate change-related artistic photos and videos will be unveiled through a public contest. The online voting for the 40th annual weather and climate photo and video contest organized by the Korea Meteorological Administration will be carried out by March 12. Those wishing [...]