SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Wednesday unveiled a brand-new LG OLED Objet Collection model that was created by adding an innovative design factor even to the rear, thereby breaking away from standardized TV design. The brand-new model has a U-shaped rear side, with the hollow space functioning as a bookshelf [...]
BUSAN, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A yoga and meditation program will be held at Haeundae Beach in the southeastern city of Busan, relieving stress as participants listen to the sound of the ocean waves. Busan’s Haeundae District announced that the meditation program will begin on Saturday. The program, comprised of yoga, sound meditation and [...]
JINAN, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A baby flying squirrel, an endangered species that was found in a deserted building, recently returned to the wild after receiving medical treatment. Officials in North Jeolla Province said that two flying squirrels were found in a soon-to-be-demolished building in the southwestern county of Jinan last month. The squirrels [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of teenage winter sports athletes from countries that have little snow will have off-season training in South Korea. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Gangwon provincial office and the Pyeongchang Memorial Foundation jointly announced that 100 teenage athletes from 14 countries, including Thailand and Ethiopia, [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean film attendance numbers nearly shot back up to the pre-pandemic level in May, data showed Wednesday, with a couple of big hits leading the charge. According to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), movies screened in the country amassed a combined 14.55 million admissions in May, the highest [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s trade of computers and related goods soared nearly 40 percent to reach a new all-time high in the first four months of the year amid the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Tuesday. The country’s exports and imports of computers and peripherals stood at US$13.3 billion in the January-April [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The amount of prepaid charges for use at coffee shops has exceeded 270 billion won (US$218 million), a ruling party lawmaker said Monday, citing data from the Fair Trade Commission. The amount of prepaid charges currently remaining at 10 coffee and dessert cafe franchises stood at 271.7 billion won [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. announced that the company’s high-performance N models completed the 2022 ADAC Total 24 Hour Race on Saturday and Sunday at the the circuits of Nurburgring in Germany. Hyundai’s Elantra N TCR and i30N TCR participated in the TCR class and the i30N Cup Car competed in [...]
SEJONG, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Monthly lease contracts exceeded half of South Korea’s home rentals for the first time in April, government data showed Tuesday, due mainly to the impact of new laws that took effect two years earlier meant to protect tenants. The number of monthly home lease contracts, called “weolse” in Korea, [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Brazilian national football team, visiting Seoul since Thursday for a friendly match with South Korea on June 2, set out on a country tour on the weekend. 25 members of the Brazilian team visited the Everland amusement park in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province on Saturday. Social media posts showed [...]