SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Female consumers are increasingly opting for alternative underwear products — ones with comfortable, practical and stylish features — over form-fitting shapewear which has traditionally been the preferred choice for women eager for figure-enhancing powers. Noticeably, a desire for comfort and practicality among women is driving a shift in consumer [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of all South Korean consumers have become more interested in growing plants following the coronavirus outbreak. The National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science conducted a survey of 726 consumers of agricultural products, 41.7 percent of whom said they had heard of the term ‘pet plant’ [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey showed that South Korean consumers’ favorite SUVs are the Genesis GV80 and Volvo XC90. Encar.com, an online used car dealer platform, conducted a survey of 1,445 people asking about their favorite outdoor and leisure vehicle, 25.8 percent of whom chose the GV80 (373 people) as the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean language courses are spreading throughout Argentina in the pandemic era driven by the so-called ‘Korean Wave’. The Korean Cultural Center in Argentina said that the number of Korean language courses, which stood at eight classes in 2019, jumped to 30 in 2020 and 66 in 2021, soaring more [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Convenience store chain 7-Eleven said Monday that it will begin test driving ‘Neubie’, an autonomous, short-range delivery robot, at a store in Seoul’s Seocho district. The robot, equipped with a camera-based autonomous driving system, demonstrates outstanding performance in maneuvering in urban areas and is capable of delivery under various [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — With the growth of the food delivery industry and intensifying competition between firms to hire new employees, foreigners are increasingly being hired illegally. Searching for a delivery job on a recruitment website returns numerous employers willing to hire foreigners, most of whom are not eligible for these jobs. Foreigners [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Grand Park in Gwacheon, just south of Seoul, is setting up plans to protecting animals and plants from the winter cold and snow. Starting this month, the park will turn on the heating systems for all zoo enclosures. Heating mats will be laid out in outdoor enclosures and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Male nurses working in an emergency room at Asan Medical Center in eastern Seoul have transformed into calendar models, showing off their well-built bodies. It was an arduous undertaking for the guys — ten nurses in total — to make so-called ‘perfect bodies’ to be eligible for the calendar. [...]
JEJU, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Flights to the southern resort island of Jeju are being overbooked as travelers are lining up to visit the popular vacation destination. Airline sources reported that reservations for flights bound to Jeju have reached 80 to 90 percent capacity both on weekdays and weekends as the ‘With Corona’ policy, or a phase-by-phase transition [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The creation of a ‘Korea-Turkey Friendship Forest’ has been successfully completed and a celebration event was held on Thursday in Antalya, in the southern part of Turkey, a forest fire-hit area. Officials at the South Korean Embassy in Turkey and the Association for Solidarity of Environmental Organizations (CEKUD), a [...]