SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — With the end of the school year bringing a flurry of graduation and enrollment ceremonies at schools, the soaring price of flowers is a source of frustration among many. At a wholesale flower market in Seoul’s Seocho District, many customers were seen buying flowers and trying to make bouquets [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The so-called “online minimalism” effect is spreading through the online sphere as people increasingly delete their social media accounts and posts or cut back on their usage with the rising trend of practical consumption that came about in response to rampant inflation. A 31-year-old office worker Park Su-yeon recently [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of monthly users of the U.S. social media network Facebook, once the most popular social media service for Korean users, has been on a downward trend for several years. Facebook’s domestic monthly active users (MAU), based on data from both Android and iOS devices, stood at 10,056,845 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s subway lines are gaining popularity as a filming location for movies and TV dramas. Seoul Metro, the city-run operator of the subway system in the capital, said that the subway was used as a filming location 216 times last year, up from 66 times in 2020 and 86 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A former U.S. Navy Top Gun and a Korean War veteran has received a medal from the South Korean government. The South Korean Consulate General in Los Angeles last week conferred an Apostle of Peace Medal on retired U.S. Navy Capt. E. Royce Williams. Deputy Consul General Kwon Song-hwan [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Korea announced on Friday that it will offer its signature product, the Americano, at its original price for a limited period. The move comes as the company celebrates its growing customer loyalty program, with its reward program members surpassing 10 million in January this year. From Feb. 22-24, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The first group of members of the Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT) is returning to safety after an extensive search and rescue mission at the site of the earthquake in Turkey. To thank them for their efforts, local residents have delivered gestures of appreciation. Local Turkish residents visited the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of municipal governments are launching subsidy programs to promote the purchase of electric bicycles. The city of Chuncheon in Gangwon Province announced on Thursday that it will provide a subsidy of up to 50 percent of the purchase cost to those who buy pedal-assist electric bicycles [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — As the price of ramyeon (Korean instant noodles), a popular food among common people for its affordability, moved up sharply amid high inflation, the low-price private brand (PB) products developed by major retailers are enjoying rising popularity. E-Mart Inc. said it sold more than 1 million packs of its [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean rescue dogs are gaining attention in Turkey as they continue their search and rescue operations at the site of the earthquake despite foot injuries. TRT Haber, a Turkish state broadcaster, spotlighted the rescue efforts made by the rescue dogs in an article titled “3 Korean Rescue Dogs Continue [...]