SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-biggest carmaker, announced that it has launched the 13th base of the Green Light Project in Albania last Wednesday (local time) as part of its corporate social responsibility activities. The company plans to offer medical support, in collaboration with the humanitarian aid group World Vision, [...]
JEJU, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Island, renowned for its captivating allure as a vacation spot, has embarked on an initiative to promote a novel concept of “Workation” – the perfect fusion of work and vacation. Jeju Island and the Jeju International Convention Center jointly announced on Thursday an exciting policy designed to foster [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s whisky imports have surged this year, reaching a new high, data showed Wednesday. The volume of imported whisky amounted to 16,900 tons, marking a 50.9 percent increase compared to last year, and setting a new record, according to the data from the Korea Customs Service. The value [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean home appliance makers have intensified their efforts to offer specialized repair services in the Chungcheong area, which has suffered extensive damage from recent flooding and landslides. Samsung Electronics Service Co., a warranty service arm of Samsung Electronics Co., said Tuesday it would dispatch teams to the city [...]
YEONGYANG, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is embarking on a project to recover dung beetles, which have not been officially discovered in the wild since August 1969. The National Institute of Ecology said Monday it plans to release 200 dung beetles captured in Mongolia into a designated habitat this September. Dung beetles were [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Yangcheon District announced on Monday that rest areas for pets have been installed at 40 public restrooms in the district’s parks. Previously, pet owners struggled to find a place to keep their pets while using public restrooms. They had to either carry their pets inside the restroom or [...]
INCHEON, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) — An annual event to reenact “Operation Chromite,” a U.S.-led operation during the Korean War, will return after 7-year hiatus, the event’s host city said Sunday. The city of Incheon and the Navy will jointly reproduce the event by mobilizing 29 warships, 23 aircraft, 15 amphibious vehicles, and 3,000 troops [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — University students from a federal republic within Russia are currently visiting South Korea, engaging in various Korean cultural events, including paper folding. A total of 27 students from Kazan Federal University in Tatarstan on Thursday visited the Paper Art Museum in central Seoul on Thursday. “I created a paper [...]
GANGNEUNG, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Vognyk Choir from Ukraine, who participated in the 2023 World Choir Games in Gangneung, made a visit to the Gangneung Museum of Art on the afternoon of July 11. During their visit, they had the opportunity to meet with Lee Jang-woo, a talented artist known as the “autism [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Rain and sun dual-use umbrellas are enjoying increasing popularity due to the unpredictable weather during the rainy season, which brings both rain and sunshine. Online shopping mall Gmarket witnessed a threefold increase in the sales of umbrellas and yangsan (small portable parasols) from July 3 to 9 compared to [...]