SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Having canceled the inaugural Seoul leg of its new world concert tour series, “Map of the Soul Tour,” K-pop boy band BTS is at risk of having part of the following American leg rolled back amid the ongoing coronavirus spread in the United States. The septet was to kick [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of Hyundai Motor Co.’s independent brand Genesis models jumped 57 percent in the United States in the January-August period from a year earlier, the carmaker said Friday. Hyundai sold 13,350 Genesis vehicles in the world’s most important automobile market in the first eight months, up from 8,490 units [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Two young Korean men have completed a 70-day bicycle journey from Los Angeles to New York to spread awareness of the forced sexual enslavement of Korean women during World War II. College students Baek Hyeon-jae and Lee Ho-jun set off from the beach in Santa Monica, L.A., on June [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports to Vietnam surged nearly 50 percent in the first seven months of 2017, customs data showed Wednesday, an increase that is likely to put the Southeast Asian country among the top three shipment destinations for locally made goods. According to Korea Customs Service, exports to Vietnam [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co.’s premium brand Genesis is expected to make its debut in North America in the third quarter, possibly intensifying competition in its high-end vehicle market there, industry sources said Friday. Genesis has been the name of the most popular luxury sedan of the South Korean auto giant, [...]
SEOUL, Dec.28 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea turned out to be the largest buyer of weapons in 2014. According to the annual report on the sales of weapons issued by the Congressional Research Service (CRS), Korea was the largest importer last year, spending $7.8 billion on weapons. CRS is an organization under the American Library of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Officials from 35 big travel agencies in the U.S. will set off on a ‘Korea Fam Tour’, to investigate the current status of tourism in Korea. The Korea Fam Tour is a joint venture of the LA branch of Korea Tourist Service, the American Branch of Asiana Airlines and [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Two Korean university students are going on a daring adventure to traverse the North American continent by bicycle, without a single penny. Yi Woo-Chan and Jung Jun-Ho, both 26 years old and majoring in International Trade at Chonbuk National University, will start their 6,000 kilometer-long journey in New York [...]