SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The facility that had temporarily accommodated the bodies of the victims of the deadly Halloween crowd crush in Seoul has now turned into a lost-and-found center storing items collected from Itaewon. A gymnasium in Yongsan ward is currently storing hundreds of clothes, bags, shoes and glasses found at the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S.-based Korea Defense Veterans Association (KDVA) and the South Korea-U.S. Alliance Foundation announced Tuesday that it has invited former U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) service members to South Korea as part of a temporary visitors program. The program was held for the second time after last year. This year’s [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans in their 20s and 30s are turning from golf to hiking amid high inflation. Growth of outdoor gear revenue generated by those young people has outpaced the growth of golf revenue since September, according to industry sources. For Hyundai Department Store, the golf revenue generated by those [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Koreans are commending police, firefighters and paramedics for their hard work during the Halloween crowd crush in Seoul’s Itaewon district last Saturday. “I’m sorry I couldn’t save more of them,” one of the police officers who was sent to Itaewon that day said on [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The government on Monday ended the distribution of press releases on the daily report of COVID-19 infections that began on January 20, 2020. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said it will post daily infection reports on its website only, every day at 9:30 a.m. The online [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Disposable amenities are disappearing from luxury hotels as the Ministry of Environment begins imposing restrictions on the use of disposable products at accommodation facilities. Hotel Lotte introduced large dispensers at all Signiel, Lotte Hotel, L7 and Lotte City Hotels. Josun Hotels & Resorts also introduced dispensers at its Westin [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of zero-calorie drinks are on the rise in the post-pandemic era as more people from the younger generation look after their health. Convenience store chain CU reported a more than 15-fold increase in sales of zero-calorie beverages this year compared to 2019, up by 112.5 percent from last [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular Korean snacks in the winter are rising in price, further discouraging consumer spending in South Korea. As recently as last year, 1,000 won (US$0.70) was enough to buy three fish-shaped buns, called “bungeoppang” in Korean, in downtown Seoul. Now, 1,000 won buys only one or two of them. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Lotte Confectionery Co., a major South Korean snacks and ice cream maker, said Thursday it is holding a broad promotional campaign in foreign countries like Kazakhstan, Taiwan, the Philippines and Singapore ahead of Pepero Day. Pepero, the brand’s longtime best seller, is a thin cookie stick with an outer [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Agriculture Technology Promotion Agency has developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based mandarin orange sorting machine that is now used at a packing house in Seogwipo on Jeju Island. The agency developed an AI system that can detect common defects on mandarin oranges with an accuracy rate of 99 [...]