SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — British actress Lily Collins has joined Zico’s hip-hop number “Any Song” cover dance challenge. The star of Netflix’s “Emily in Paris” recently posted a video of her cover dance, shot together with Korean-American actress Ashley Park, on her Instagram account. The video starred Collins covering the song’s major dance [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Furniture and home appliances makers, for which consumers have struggled to decide if size and color match well until such items are placed in actual spaces, are vying to bring offline retail experiences online. Shinsegae Casa, a furniture brand of Shinsegae Department Store, unveiled an augmented reality (AR) service [...]
GANGNEUNG, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Gangneung in South Korea’s northeastern province of Gangwon said Wednesday that it will open the ‘Gangneung Pass Travelers Center’ in front of Gangneung Station on Dec. 27 to offer tourism and smart mobility user information to travelers. The center comes as a part of the ‘MaaS: [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — With the Korean wave sweeping across the globe this year, South Korean literature has also gained worldwide attention. The Literature Translation Institute of Korea reported that some 180 Korean books were translated into 29 languages this year with the institute’s support, the most since the institute’s establishment in 1996. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean soldiers picked ‘leave’ as the most desired gift for Christmas this year. According to a survey conducted by the Korea Defense Daily of 1,194 service members, 16.6 percent or 199 of the respondents picked military leave as the Christmas gift they wanted the most. In an open-ended [...]
POHANG, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO’s steel plant in Pohang has stepped up to preserve a traditional Korean forge. The plant held an opening ceremony for the newly renovated Gyeoncheon Blacksmith in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province on Monday. The smithy, which first opened in 1946, has been in operation for [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Roughly 40 percent of South Koreans read works of literature such as poetry, novels and essays last year, with each person reading an average of two books. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism conducted a survey of 2,000 citizens over 15 years of age, which showed that the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a major mobile carrier, said Tuesday that it had developed a so-called ‘Smart Green’ service to manage the cultivation of grass at golf courses. The two parties supplied the service to the Jungwon Golf Club in Chungju, North Chungcheong province. ‘Smart Green’ refers to a grass cultivation [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Facilities Management Corp. said Monday the creation of the ‘Ttaereungyi Metaworld’, a virtual safety education and promotion platform for Seoul’s public bicycle brand. It can be accessed by signing up on the Roblox app or Ttaereungyi’s official website. The virtual safety education platform was set up [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday that it will be opening ‘Zero Markets’, shops that refrain from using any disposable packaging, at 10 locations including department stores and super supermarkets (SSM). Zero Markets are eco-friendly stores that allow customers to buy the exact amount of detergent, shampoo, cosmetics and [...]