SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Greenpeace on Monday set up a large prop depicting a forest fire in front of the COEX convention center in Seoul, where the opening ceremony for the 15th World Forestry Congress took place, urging attendees to stop forest destruction. The international environmental group set up two props carrying the [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s biggest auto parts maker, on Monday rolled out the “bring&T” product designed to allow users to convert an existing smart key into a digital key using a Bluetooth-based smartphone connection. A smart key can be used as a digital key if users attach the [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — In a secondary language test included in Thailand’s college entrance examinations, the number of applicants being tested for the Korean language has surpassed those being tested for Japanese for the very first time. The Korean Education Center in Thailand reported that, among 21,485 applicants who chose to take the [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Foreign K-pop fans are voluntarily coming up with addictive dance moves to start a series of online challenges. An Indonesian influencer came up with an easy dance move for K-pop rookie TREASURE’s song “DARARI,” which started a wave of “DARARI challenges” on TikTok worldwide. The song was used 730,000 [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Several unidentified boxes sat in front of the headquarters of Hybe, the entertainment agency behind BTS, on April 21. It later turned out that it was a part of the “K-pop for Planet” event designed to celebrate Earth Day on April 22 as well as to demand that K-pop [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — With inflation wreaking havoc in recent months, prices of bingsu offered by luxury hotels are surging. Bingsu is a traditional dessert made up of shaved ice and an array of toppings. The Shilla raised the price of its Apple Mango Bingsu sold at the hotel’s lounge & bar The [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Legoland, a Lego-themed amusement park on Jungdo Island in the lake city of Chuncheon, 85 kilometers northeast of Seoul, is being accused of breaking its vow to preserve ancient ruins discovered at the park’s construction site. Local civic groups said Thursday that it is filing a police report against [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — After the presidential transition team confirmed plans to raise soldiers’ monthly salary to 2 million won (US$1,574), a group of low-ranking public servants made a strong appeal to improve their labor conditions. “All of the nation’s public servants work hard and have tough times today due to COVID-19,” said [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — What has been the most popular restaurant food choice for families on Children’s Day on May 5 or Parent’s Day on May 8 ? According to a big data study conducted by major credit card issuer KB Kookmin Card Co., card expenditures on lobster, crab and duck meat spiked [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Mobility Corp., South Korea’s leading taxi-hailing firm, said Wednesday it will begin testing the pet-exclusive cab service KakaoT Pet on its Kakao T application. Kakao T Pet is a pet taxi service designed in accordance with the Animal Protection Act. The service is available in all locations in [...]