SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of luxury imported cars priced over 100 million won (US$81,100) set a new record in South Korea last year. The Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association reported that 71,899 luxury vehicles priced over 100 million won were sold last year, an increase of 10.3 percent from the previous [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s imports of sterilized milk increased sharply last year when the nation’s food industry carried out price hikes, a state-run agricultural think tank said. The nation’s imports of sterilized milk amounted to an estimated 33,000 tons last year, up 42 percent year on year, according to a report [...]
JEJU, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Agricultural products from Jeju Island are being exported to the United Arab Emirates. The Jeju Business Agency said Thursday that it had recently exported US$15,000 worth of Hallabong citrus, Red Hyang tangerines and other processed foods to the UAE. Made-in-Jeju products that are being exported will be merchandised at [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Disneyland Resort in the U.S. state of California is hosting a traditional Korean performance in celebration of the Lunar New Year. Every year, Disneyland invites South Korean, Chinese and Vietnamese communities that celebrate the Lunar New Year to host traditional dance and music performances. This year, the festival [...]
BOEUN, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Boeun County in North Chungcheong Province put up an advertisement to celebrate the birth of a new baby via a large electronic display board on Jan. 4. Another advertisement was also put up to celebrate the birth of a daughter born on Dec. 18. Included in these advertisements were [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Vietnam’s state airline has gifted Park Hang-seo, the South Korean head coach of the Vietnamese men’s national football team, with a ticket that provides permanent access to any of its flights. Vietnamese state-run media VTC reported that Vietnam Airlines presented park and his wife tickets that provide permanent business [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting this year, anyone visiting the former presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in central Seoul will have free access to a shuttle bus leaving from Gyeongbok Palace. The Cultural Heritage Administration announced Wednesday that the shuttle bus for Cheong Wa Dae will now be available to all Korean citizens, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung C&T Corp., the construction unit of Samsung Group, said Wednesday it had made new employee ID card cases by recycling waste helmets from its construction sites. The company said that it was the first among domestic companies to make employee ID card cases using waste generated during business [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of red-crowned cranes visting Cheorwon Plain in Cheorwon, 88 kilometers northeast of Seoul, has surged in recent years, a study indicated Tuesday. A paper recently published by the Korean Journal of Ornithology showed that the number of red-crowned cranes and white-naped cranes flying over to Cheorwon Plain, [...]
SANCHEONG, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A farming town with populations of less than 40,000 is coming up short in its search for new doctors. Sancheong County in South Gyeongsang Province sought to recruit doctors specializing in internal medicine in November and December last year for its public health clinic, but there haven’t been any [...]