SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Non-alcoholic and sugar-free zero-calorie drinks are gaining popularity in the liquor market as the pursuit of the so-called “healthy pleasure” lifestyle, in which people stay healthy by doing what they like, is becoming a new trend. Hite Jinro Co.’s alcohol-free Hite Zero 0.00 beer reached sales of 100 million [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Ski resorts and winter festival organizers in Gangwon Province are concerned with the unseasonably warm weather as they prepare for the start of the winter season. The Korea Meteorological Administration said the average temperature in the province between Nov. 1-21 stood at 8.6 degrees Celsius, which was 2 degrees [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A significant number of camping enthusiasts took up the hobby after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, a survey showed Thursday. Lotte Members, a marketing hub for South Korean retail giant Lotte Group, conducted a survey of 600 people with camping experience, 43.5 percent of whom started going on [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — For South Korean adults, the obesity and diabetes prevalence rate slightly declined, while the high cholesterol prevalence rate increased last year, a report showed Thursday. The obesity prevalence rate stood at 46.3 percent for men and 26.9 percent for women last year, down 1.7 percentage points and 0.8 percentage points, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS’ newest song “Run BTS” is creating a sensation on TikTok as a dance challenge, the group’s agency Big Hit Music said Wednesday. “Run BTS” was released in June as part of the anthology album “Proof”, which was unveiled at the septet’s Busan concert last month. BTS [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Group, South Korea’s top conglomerate, said Wednesday it had donated four blood donation buses built with contributions from executives to the Korean Red Cross. In January, Samsung executives voluntarily donated 10 percent of the bonuses they received in December last year to come up with a donation fund [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean scientists have discovered a way to predict the antibiotic functionality of peptides using artificial intelligence (AI) technology. A joint research team from the National Institute of Biological Resources and Dongguk University announced that it had developed a deep learning-based peptide detection model that can predict antibiotic functionality [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Sejong National Arboretum in the administrative city of Sejong has set up fencing and a separate habitat to coexist with the local elk population. The arboretum has set up an 800-meter-long fence through a reed field and created a 20,000-square-meter habitat for elk. The fence has a gate [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday it has deployed the first “robot official” as part of its robot distribution service project. The robot has been tasked with delivering public documents and parcels throughout city hall and serving as guides for visitors. It is capable of riding elevators autonomously. It [...]
JEJU, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Scores of relics of imperial Japan, which occupied the Korean Peninsula from 1910-1945, still remain scattered here and there on Jeju Island. According to an investigation by the Jeju History and Culture Promotion Agency, a total of 176 stone markers engraved with the Japanese name of the era still [...]