SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — An Army boot camp has decided to implement a total ban on smoking after it ran a trial program allowing trainees to smoke for two months. The Korea Army Training Center in the central city of Nonsan, 213 kilometers south of Seoul, decided to halt the trial program and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s petroleum refining industry, which enjoyed record-breaking financial results last year thanks to sky-high oil prices, is taking steps to support the heating bills for the nation’s energy-vulnerable households. Hyundai Oilbank Co. said Wednesday it will donate 10 billion won (US$7.90 million) to help alleviate the burden of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s newest Galaxy S23 flagship smartphones set a new record in India for the number of pre-orders in a single day. Raju Pullan, senior vice president of Samsung India, said that the number of pre-orders for the Galaxy S23 reached 140,000 units just 24 hours after its [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — With the anticipated introduction of Apple Pay, a mobile payment service from Apple Inc., Hyundai Card Co. held an “apple festival” to celebrate its status as the country’s sole service provider. The company held a surprise event on Monday, giving out apples to all employees at its headquarters in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Three South Korean electric vehicle (EV) battery makers saw their global market share decline in 2022 from a year earlier amid robust growth of Chinese rivals, industry data showed Wednesday. The trio — LG Energy Solution Ltd., SK Innovation Co. and Samsung SDI Co. — held a combined 23.7 [...]
JEJU, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of visitors to golf courses on the southern resort island of Jeju is declining as overseas flights have resumed and golfers look abroad, data showed Tuesday. According to data from Jeju’s provincial government, the number of visitors to the island’s 32 golf courses stood at 253,453 in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — An Italian weekly fashion magazine has published an article that praised Korean food. According to the Korea Foundation for International Cultural Exchange, Donna Moderna’s newest edition published an article titled “The Strengths of Korean Food,” which described Korean food as “a delicious, spicy cuisine that is very attractive and [...]
CHANGWON, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Junam Reservoir, a migratory bird habitat 400 kilometers southeast of Seoul, has recently garnered attention following the discovery of a wide range of predatory birds. Birds of prey like white-tailed sea eagles, goshawks, sparrow hawks and hen harriers that are designated natural monuments were observed at the reservoir, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean shipbuilders lagged far behind their Chinese rivals in terms of new global orders to rank second in the world in February amid tumbling demand, industry data showed Tuesday. Local shipbuilders won a combined 640,000 compensated gross tons (CGTs) in new orders last month, accounting for 33 percent [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Palace Museum of Korea (NPMK) announced on Monday that it opened an online exhibition showroom enabling users to take a full glance at about 800 royal relics held at the museum. The online museum leveraged virtual reality (VR) technology to bring the museum’s seven permanent exhibition rooms [...]