GEOJU, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The 14th Geojedo International Penguin Swimming Festival took place on Saturday. Some 500 participants were seen at Deokpo Beach in Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province wearing only their swimming suits and jumping into the frigid seas. Under clear skies, the temperature on the day of the festival hovered around 5 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The city-affiliated Seoul Facilities Corp. announced that it has set up benches made from upcycled plastic and masks along the Cheonggye Stream walkway in downtown Seoul. The corporation signed an agreement with Lotte Chemical Corp. and Lowlit Collective to create two kinds of upcycled benches. One type of bench [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Soup kitchens are struggling with increasing consumer prices and severed financial aid from the private sector due to the current economic downturn. A food kitchen set up near Daegu Station in the southeastern city of Daegu desperately needs help after the cost of food and other merchandise jumped by [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of Starbucks customers have purchased cold drinks this year with the recent cold weather having little impact on the trend, the local unit of the U.S. coffee giant said Thursday. Starbucks Coffee Korea reported a 76-percent increase in cold drink sales this year, up by 12 percent [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of Lotte Confectionery Co.’s signature chocolate brand “Ghana” surged after the South Korean men’s national football team joined the round of 16 at the Qatar World Cup with the help of Ghana losing to Uruguay by only two goals. According to industry sources, sales of Ghana chocolate products [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The first export batch of K2 battle tanks and K9 self-propelled howitzers has arrived in Poland. The Polish Ministry of Defense announced on Tuesday (local time) that it held a delivery ceremony for 10 units of K2 Black Panther tanks and 24 units of K9 howitzer at a Navy [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Liquor companies in South Korea are opening up a series of pop-up stores for whisky brands in order to engage with customers. Windsor Global Co., a homegrown whisky maker, announced that it will open up its first pop-up store, House of Windsor, at S-Factory, located in Seoul’s Seongdong District, from Friday [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc.’ OLED evo TV was named as the best TV of the year by many renowned overseas media. According to the global home appliance giant, the Britain’s Tech Advisor selected the LG OLED evo (C2 series) as this year’s best TV. Another British media outlet, TechRadar, also [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Up to 33,000 football fans flocked to Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul to cheer for the national team in its match against Brazil at the 2022 Qatar World Cup on Tuesday morning. In front of the five large screens set up at the square, football fans were seen “armed” [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Energy drink and coffee sales at convenience stores soared ahead of the knock-out match between South Korea and Brazil at the 2022 Qatar World Cup on Tuesday. Convenience store chain CU reported a more than threefold increase in energy drink sales from 8 p.m. to midnight on Monday prior [...]