SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to carry out a landmine and ordnance disposal operation in Vietnam, an overseas aid agency said Sunday. The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) announced that it has been engaged in a peacebuilding project in Vietnam’s Binh Dinh, Quang Ngai and Thua Thien Hue provinces in cooperation [...]
CHEONGJU, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — An abandoned dog was miraculously rescued after wandering onto a highway. Last week, local authorities received a report that a dog was loitering near the median strip of the Busan-bound Gyeongbu Expressway in Okcheon County, North Chungcheong Province. The dog could have been run over by a car at [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Secho District has published a tourist map for young visitors, compiling tourist hotspots on a single page. The Seoripul Street of Musical Instruments is home to some 210 music hotspots including Seoul Arts Center, musical instrument vendors and workshops, and small theaters. The Seoripul Youth Art Center hosts [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean athletes who have played for professional teams in Turkey have turned to social media in a bid to help the victims of the recent earthquakes that devastated the country. Volleyball star Kim Yeon-koung shared posts about the earthquake three times on her Instagram account. “Help Turkey!” she said, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Monks of the Jogye Order, South Korea’s largest Buddhist sect, have embarked on a pilgrimage to sacred temples in India and Nepal. Prior to their departure on Thursday, the monks visited the Jogye Temple in downtown Seoul to hold a pre-pilgrimage ritual. The monks will fly to India and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean consumers are reducing the use of food delivery apps while showing a preference towards homemade meals, amid the easing of social distancing rules coupled with the economic slump. The monthly active users (MAU) of the nation’s big three food delivery apps — Baedal Minjok, Yogiyo, and Coupang [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Following the devastating earthquake that shook Turkey’s southeastern region earlier this week, a Turkish woman called out for help in the Korean language. Celine Gunner, a digital producer at a broadcasting station in Istanbul, sent out a series of tweets on Tuesday. “Everyone, it’s an emergency. Turkey needs help [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — An Army boot camp has decided to implement a total ban on smoking after it ran a trial program allowing trainees to smoke for two months. The Korea Army Training Center in the central city of Nonsan, 213 kilometers south of Seoul, decided to halt the trial program and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s petroleum refining industry, which enjoyed record-breaking financial results last year thanks to sky-high oil prices, is taking steps to support the heating bills for the nation’s energy-vulnerable households. Hyundai Oilbank Co. said Wednesday it will donate 10 billion won (US$7.90 million) to help alleviate the burden of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s newest Galaxy S23 flagship smartphones set a new record in India for the number of pre-orders in a single day. Raju Pullan, senior vice president of Samsung India, said that the number of pre-orders for the Galaxy S23 reached 140,000 units just 24 hours after its [...]