SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s food industry is releasing a string of gift sets for next month’s Chuseok holiday using eco-friendly packaging materials. Daesang Corp. replaced the non-woven fabric material used for gift bags with paper material. In addition, it also used paper instead of plastic to make the inner trays of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Tourism Organization and Korea Green Foundation hosted the trash-collecting campaign “Seanack” at four major beaches in Gangwon Province. “Seanack” is a portmanteau of the words “sea” and “snack.” The campaign kicked off on July 23 and ended on August 14 with trash collected from beaches exchanged for [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Small wedding photoshoots will be allowed at Seoul’s four Joseon-era palaces — Gyeongbok, Changdeok, Changgyeong and Deoksu — starting next month without separate permission having to be acquired. The Cultural Heritage Administration’s Royal Palaces and Tombs Center announced that the newly revised regulations governing approval for photoshoots will soon [...]
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly nine out of every 10 South Koreans hold a favorable view of the United States, the second highest rating among 17 countries surveyed, a poll showed Monday. It also showed more than 80 percent of South Koreans think the U.S. is a reliable partner. In the poll conducted [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of high-priced imported vehicles have plateaued this year after years of enjoying rapid growth, data showed Monday. According to the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association, sales of imported cars totaled 152,432 units between January and July of this year, of which those priced at more than 100 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Among the few countries that have yet to establish diplomatic ties with South Korea, Cuba hosted a Korean culture festival amid the growing popularity of K-pop and Korean dramas. The Korean Cultural Center in Mexico held the Korean Culture Promotion Festival in Havana on Friday (local time). The event, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Daecheon Beach in Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province has been the most popular beach destination in the country this summer, a data showed Sunday. T Map Mobility Co., a mobility unit under telecom operator SK Telecom Co., analyzed five types of summer vacation destinations set on its T Map mobile [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO Engineering & Construction Co., the construction arm of South Korea’s leading steelmaker, POSCO, has announced the development of a biophilic parking lot designed to bring sunlight and plant life to the underground floors below an apartment complex. The parking lot’s first basement floor is designed to bring in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreigner ownership of South Korean stocks hit a 13-year low this month, the bourse operator said Sunday, as demand for riskier assets declined amid the Federal Reserve’s aggressive rate hikes. Foreign investors held 606.2 trillion won (US$464 billion) worth of stocks traded on the main KOSPI market as of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation BTS and Samsung Electronics Co.’s newest Galaxy Z Flip 4 dominated Times Square in New York for an hour on Thursday. The tech giant revealed the Galaxy Z Flip 4 X BTS collaboration video in Times Square at 4 p.m. (local time) on Thursday with the video [...]