SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean film industry is bolstering efforts to prevent animal abuse on movie sets following a recent case where an animal died while shooting the KBS drama series “The King of Tears, Lee Bang-won.” The Korean Film Producers Association said it had received a letter from the People [...]
SEONGNAM, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Lyrics of famous Korean songs have been put up on an apartment wall as beautiful decorations. The tenants’ committee at an apartment complex in Bundang, southeast of Seoul created logo lights to shine on an apartment wall to console tenants and their families coming back after a long day [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A fashion show held in Paris on Sunday starring four South Korean designers ended in a major success. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said four designer brands sponsored by Seoul Fashion Week — EENK, LIE, DOUCAN and WNDERKAMMER — took the stage at the Paris Fashion Week. The show was [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — As of 2021, the tallest building in South Korea was the Lotte World Tower in Seoul, and the building with the largest floor space was LG Display Co.’s factory in Paju, just north of Seoul. According to statistics from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Lotte World [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Department store chains are jumping into the art market as more consumers are going beyond exhibiting artworks to collecting and investing in them. Coupled with the rising trend of home decoration, the art market is sizing up rapidly. Lotte Department Store has been selling artworks at six stores since [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Major South Korean lender Shinhan Bank said Monday it will introduce artificial intelligence (AI)-based automated teller machines (ATMs) that detect abnormal activities to prevent voice phishing. The new ATMs detect a user’s suspicious activities, such as talking on their cell phone while using the machine or wearing sunglasses or [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc.’s cordless vacuum cleaners were named as the best models by a renowned U.S. consumer magazine. In its latest evaluation of the best vacuum cleaners, Consumer Reports picked LG’s CordZero A9S and CordZero A9 as recommended models in the cordless stick vacuum cleaner category. The LG CordZero [...]
GWANGJU, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of registered surviving South Korean victims of wartime forced labor in Japan decreased by 585 for the past year, data showed Monday. A civic group unveiled government statistics on medical assistance provided to people who were conscripted to work in Japan during World War II. The data [...]
ANSAN, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The city government of Ansan, southwest of Seoul, said Sunday it will begin a fundraising drive to help Ukraine, which is currently fighting against the Russian invasion. Ansan residents, including Russian nationals, will be hosting the fundraiser, setting up a donation box at the Foreign Residents Support Headquarters in [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Last year, each Korean adult consumed liquor on an average of 8.5 days per month, with beer the beverage of choice, data showed Sunday. The Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp. conducted a survey of 2,000 men and women between the ages of 19 and 59, which showed that [...]