SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s second-biggest carrier, said Monday it has returned all passenger aircraft once used as cargo planes during the pandemic to their original state. The company completed the remodeling of the aircraft ahead of the reopening of international flight routes in recent months. The company converted [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Monday launched the first stage of Metaverse Seoul, which provides a variety of services. The city government said that it was the first major city around the world to establish a metaverse platform and launch a service in the public sector. The services offered [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Digital cameras, once sidelined by smartphones, are capturing the hearts of South Korean Generation Z. Many old digital cameras have been discontinued, and are available only as second-hand products on Instagram or other online platforms. Others run into old digital cameras at home, used by their family members 10 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Sunday that the company’s plant in the U.S. state of Tennessee has been selected as a lighthouse factory by the World Economic Forum (WEF), the first of its kind among South Korean plants built overseas. According to the WEF, a lighthouse factory refers to a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of Koreans are eating meals at home instead of going out due to the pandemic and restaurant price increases brought on by inflation. As a result, demand for miniature-sized vegetables is rising. Discount retailer Emart Inc. reported that last year’s sales of raon paprikas, which come [...]
HONGCHEON, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Organizers of winter festivals in Gangwon Province, opening for the first time in three years, are concerned over rising temperatures. On Thursday, the Korea Meteorological Administration reported daytime temperatures of 9-12 degrees Celsius in the inner regions, 10-12 degrees in the mountain ranges and 14-17 degrees on the east [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Liquor companies in South Korea are releasing eco-friendly, limited editions of alcoholic beverages ahead of the Lunar New Year. A-Young Fortune Brands Co. released the All PaperBox gift set on Thursday with packaging made entirely of paper. Liquor gift sets normally include plastic material or plastic airbags to protect [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Soccer has turned out to be the most popular sport in light of the admission rate among daily sports clubs, a survey showed Thursday. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism conducted a survey of 9,000 Koreans over 10 years of age across the country, which revealed that the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday it will deploy drones to insepct the roofs of Korean traditional houses known as “hanok”. Previously, people had to climb onto roofs to check and take photographs. Now, the drones will be in charge of photographing the roofs from all angles. The check-ups [...]
TAEBAEK, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The annual snow festival in Taebaek, a mountainous city in Gangwon Province, is back after a three-year absence, opening with a snow sculpture competition for university students. The snow sculpture competition, one of the Taebaeksan Mountain Snow Festival’s main events, will begin with an orientation session on Saturday. A [...]