SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Overseas credit card use in November, typically part of the travel off-season, jumped significantly this year, largely due to the quick recovery of interest in foreign travel, data showed Wednesday. Overseas credit card spending at seven card companies reached 1.63 trillion won (US$1.26 billion) in last month, which was [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The prices of popular cakes selling at South Korea’s major bakery and coffee chains rose sharply over the past year amid high inflation. The price of Paris Baguette’s Strawberry Fraisier Cake rose to 32,000 won (US$24.90) from 27,000 won last year. A Twosome Place’s Strawberry Fresh Cream Cake saw [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Black cranes, an internationally protected species, are flying between South Korea and Japan due to an infectious disease. The Ministry of Environment said that 3,600 black cranes were observed in a three-day survey of some 200 habitats for migratory birds across the country from Nov. 11-13. Of them, 3,400 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Monday the launch of the Universe Mobile Office bus, South Korea’s first mass-produced mobile office. The model is derived from Hyundai’s premium Universe bus, recreating it as an office space. Passengers can work and rest while they’re on the road. The private workspace consists of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of hamburger chains are jumping into the breakfast market as the floating population in morning hours increased due to the loosening of pandemic restrictions. Burger King’s breakfast-only menu item King Morning, which recently returned after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, passed the 14,000 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Residents of Turkana County, one of the driest counties in Kenya, showed deep satisfaction in the SCORE project, an effort to improve the quality of potable water. The project, began in 2019, is one of South Korea’s aid projects in which the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Minting, Security Printing & ID Card Operating Corp. (KOMSCO) released an official medal to celebrate K-pop superstar BTS’ 10th anniversary next year. The front side of the medal is inscribed with the word BTS and the names of its members. On the medal’s left and right sides, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education on Monday said it has signed an agreement with eight companies and agencies including Naver Corp. and Google Korea to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-based learning platform. The Seoul education office plans to develop and transition newSSEM, a remote classroom platform, into an [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The World Institute of Kimchi on Thursday released a video that clearly explains the difference between kimchi and “pao cai,” another type of pickled vegetable consumed in China. The video, titled “What Makes Kimchi So Special,” is five minutes long and comes with English and Chinese subtitles. It is [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. state of Georgia has declared Nov. 22 as Kimchi Day. A ceremony to Georgia State’s Kimchi Day took place at its capitol on Wednesday (local time), with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Korean-American representatives in attendance. Kimchi Day was first introduced in South Korea in 2020 with the [...]