JINAN, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A baby flying squirrel, an endangered species that was found in a deserted building, recently returned to the wild after receiving medical treatment. Officials in North Jeolla Province said that two flying squirrels were found in a soon-to-be-demolished building in the southwestern county of Jinan last month. The squirrels [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of teenage winter sports athletes from countries that have little snow will have off-season training in South Korea. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Gangwon provincial office and the Pyeongchang Memorial Foundation jointly announced that 100 teenage athletes from 14 countries, including Thailand and Ethiopia, [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The amount of prepaid charges for use at coffee shops has exceeded 270 billion won (US$218 million), a ruling party lawmaker said Monday, citing data from the Fair Trade Commission. The amount of prepaid charges currently remaining at 10 coffee and dessert cafe franchises stood at 271.7 billion won [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. announced that the company’s high-performance N models completed the 2022 ADAC Total 24 Hour Race on Saturday and Sunday at the the circuits of Nurburgring in Germany. Hyundai’s Elantra N TCR and i30N TCR participated in the TCR class and the i30N Cup Car competed in [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Brazilian national football team, visiting Seoul since Thursday for a friendly match with South Korea on June 2, set out on a country tour on the weekend. 25 members of the Brazilian team visited the Everland amusement park in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province on Saturday. Social media posts showed [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Demand for overseas travel is on the rise as the country’s nearly two-year-long mandatory quarantine for international travelers was lifted for fully vaccinated people. Mode Tour reported a 230-percent increase in the number of overseas travel package reservations between May 13 and 26 compared to the previous two weeks [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s food and beverage industry is releasing a new series of products made with “makgeolli,” a traditional grain-based alcoholic drink, for the summer season. Kooksoondang Brewery Co. on Wednesday is releasing a new makgeolli mixed with Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co.’s Chilsung Cider carbonated beverage. The product comes in [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — With Koreans scrambling to travel with the lifting of social distancing rules, the so-called ‘resort look’, a style of fashion suited for vacation, is gaining popularity. Shinsegae International Inc., the apparel arm of retail giant Shinsegae, proposed one-piece dresses, see-through and mesh clothing as upcoming fashion trends for the [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean Cultural Center in Vietnam said Thursday it had hosted its first Korean speaking competition to celebrate the 30th anniversary of South Korea-Vietnam relations this year. Among the participants were students from 27 universities, 12 King Sejong institutes and 11 middle and high schools in Vietnam. Under the [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program applicants is declining at a rapid pace as the monthly wage of conscripted soldiers increases with their duration of military service becoming shorter. This year’s Army ROTC program applicants numbered 7,600, the second lowest behind only 2020 when the [...]