SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it will operate an LG CLOi GuideBot at Seoul Racecourse Park located in Gwacheon, south of Seoul in collaboration with the Korea Racing Authority, South Korea’s horse racing authority. Starting from Friday, the robot will fulfill the role of welcoming visitors and offering information [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — One of the main reasons behind Starbucks Coffee Korea employees’ truck protest last month was their exhaustive workload that has everything to do with the coffee chain’s famous marketing events. The first-ever protest by the coffee chain’s workers was set off by a 50th anniversary event on Sept. 28, [...]
INCHEON, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The largest ‘blood donation house’ in the region has opened in Songdo International City, Incheon, welcome news when the coronavirus pandemic is leaving blood supplies dangerously low. The Songdo Center, the fifth blood donation facility in the city, sits on the fifth floor of Triple Street D-dong, Songdo-dong, Yeonsu [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — With South Korea switching to a phase of ‘living with COVID-19’ and easing pandemic curbs, large hotels are responding quickly by increasing the number of seats available at their buffet restaurants. Lotte Hotel Seoul plans to operate 230 out of 300 seats at its buffet restaurant La Seine during [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — There was some confusion over do’s and don’ts on the first day of the ‘living with COVID-19′ campaign across the nation. It stood out even more in places that fans of spectator sports have been looking forward to visiting for a long time: baseball parks or football stadiums. On [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Long forgotten insurance premiums or unclaimed insurance benefits reached about 12.4 trillion won (US$10.4 billion) as of the end of August, prompting financial authorities to come up with an updated plan to give the money back to policy holders via simplified procedures. The Financial Services Commission announced on Tuesday [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A replica of the giant animatronic doll named ‘Younghee’ that appears in episode 1 of “Squid Game,” a megahit Korean series on Netflix, showed up in the downtown of Sydney, Australia. Netflix Australia installed a special set in an area between Sydney’s Harbor Bridge and Opera House where people [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – A rising number of big companies in South Korea are joining the trend of offering commutes to “hub offices” with the intention of improving working location flexibility down the road. POSCO Group announced it will operate hub offices (or base offices) in Yeouido and Euljiro, in downtown Seoul, from [...]
SEOGWIPO, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — So-called sexy shrimp (scientific name: Thor amboinensis), commonly known as squat shrimp, dancing shrimp, or high-tailed shrimp, were discovered for the first time ever in the waters around Jeju Island. This charming looking subtropical species was filmed in waters 20 meters deep off Supsum Island, near Bomok-dong in Seogwipo, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A large number of Indonesians gathered at CGV Grand Indonesia, a cinema located at Grand Indonesia Shopping Mall in Jakarta Sunday afternoon, not to watch a movie but to enjoy a K-pop performance. The K-pop fans, mostly women in their 20s and 30s, showed their strong affection towards K-pop, [...]