SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it is distributing common-use braille stickers to customers for free as a way to enhance home appliance accessibility. Starting last year, the company has developed and distributed dedicated braille stickers for about 20 products for free. This time, it developed a common braille sticker [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A new service introduced on Thursday will provide transportation between Jeju International Airport, tourist hotspots and hotels with self-driving vehicles. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced that it will introduce an autonomous driving car mobility service on coastal roads on the island and in the Jungmun Tourist Complex. The [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — In Cuba, a country that has yet to establish diplomatic relations with South Korea, local youth participated in the country’s first Korean speaking contest to talk about their dreams. Hosted by My Dream International Foundation, the contest took place at a local Korean cultural center in Havana last week. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of marriages between South Korean nationals and foreign spouses set a new record low last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, data showed Thursday. A total of 13,926 transnational couples tied the knot here in 2021, down 13.9 percent, or 2,251, from a year earlier, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales of imported vehicles in South Korea jumped 35 percent last month from a year earlier despite the extended chip shortage, an industry association said Thursday. The number of newly registered foreign vehicles stood at 25,363 units last month, up from 18,764 units a year ago, the Korea Automobile [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Pizza Hut Korea said Wednesday it has joined hands with food delivery app Yogiyo to launch a menu for singles, as well as to strengthen its takeout service. To this end, the company will launch a brand devoted to single people solely through the delivery app. This move is [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The facility that had temporarily accommodated the bodies of the victims of the deadly Halloween crowd crush in Seoul has now turned into a lost-and-found center storing items collected from Itaewon. A gymnasium in Yongsan ward is currently storing hundreds of clothes, bags, shoes and glasses found at the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S.-based Korea Defense Veterans Association (KDVA) and the South Korea-U.S. Alliance Foundation announced Tuesday that it has invited former U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) service members to South Korea as part of a temporary visitors program. The program was held for the second time after last year. This year’s [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group said Wednesday its overall vehicle sales in the United States rose 7.9 percent last month from a year earlier despite the extended chip shortage. Hyundai Motor Co., its independent Genesis brand, and Hyundai’s smaller affiliate Kia Corp. sold a combined 123,233 vehicles in the world’s most [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans in their 20s and 30s are turning from golf to hiking amid high inflation. Growth of outdoor gear revenue generated by those young people has outpaced the growth of golf revenue since September, according to industry sources. For Hyundai Department Store, the golf revenue generated by those [...]