SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean veterans who fought against North Korea under the U.N. flag in the 1950-53 Korean War will be buried at Seoul National Cemetery and Daejeon National Cemetery. The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs announced Wednesday that it will amend the National Cemetery Act. The current law stipulates [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of new cars registered last month in South Korea was higher than a year ago thanks to the easing of the disruption in automobile chip supplies. According to CarIsYou Data Research Center, 141,640 new cars were registered in September, up 17.9 percent year on year and 6 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea National Tuberculosis Association announced Tuesday the release of this year’s Christmas seal starring South Korean football star Son Heung-min. The seal shows Tottenham Hotspur forward playing in a football game. Revenue generated by Christmas seal sales will be used to help tuberculosis patients among vulnerable social groups, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. city of Milpitas in California held its 10th annual celebration of Korean Alphabet Day. The Korean Education Center in San Francisco on Sunday (local time) celebrated the 579th anniversary of the creation of the Korean alphabet, called “hangeul,” with support from Milpitas and the city library. Milpitas [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it will exhibit an artwork made by recycling an OLED TV packaging box at the Nike Art Gallery in Lagos, Nigeria by the end of this year. The artwork was created in collaboration with the African climate change response NGO Solution 17 and a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Fashion products made by a South Korean upcycling brand made appearances at a joint fashion show hosted by Tranoi, the official trade fair of Paris Fashion Week, at the Brongniart Palace in Paris last Saturday. ul:kin introduced a bag made with safety nets and other construction materials used in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp. hosted the final round of a K-food cooking contest in Los Angeles last week. A panel of judges comprised of six chefs currently running restaurants in Los Angeles and New York have been evaluating the competitors. Finalist Hector De Haro from Glendale [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — With the Korean won plunging to record lows against the US dollar, discount store chains are scrambling to find ways to limit price increases for imported food products. Emart Inc. has been following changes in exchange rates in real-time, purchasing imported products with the exporting country’s currency. As a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of Iranians residing in South Korea have gathered to protest against the Iranian government’s violent crackdown on anti-hijab protests. Iranians on Wednesday staged a rally in front of the Iranian Embassy in Seoul. They raised their voices against the Iranian government’s strong crackdown on local protests involving [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — With the increasing number of violent crimes against women, including the recent stalking murder case at Sindang Station in Seoul, more women are purchasing personal defense equipment. Online shopping mall Auction reported a 16-percent increase in sales of self-defense gear since last month. Looking at women customers only, sales [...]