NORTH JEOLLA, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — “In the past there have been rare cases where moths from the sub-tropics were discovered in the island regions of the West Sea [Yellow Sea], but this is the first time a species of giant moth like the tropical swallowtail moth has been found.” Those were the words [...]
NAMYANGJU, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The city of Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, said in a public statement that it had identified geographic locations at varying risk of outbreaks of disease through the application of big data technology. The city government charted a map of the city by combing through 2,072 civilian reports of disease carrying [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — As the number of high-spec smartphone users continues to rise in South Korea, and with the music industry eyeing new business models, high quality music downloading and streaming services are no longer the exclusive property of audio system lovers. Similar to how the broadcasting industry has been progressing from [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A new report says nearly 60 percent of South Koreans discover new music while watching TV. According to a 2016 white paper on the music industry released by the Korea Creative Content Agency, when asked what type of music they enjoyed listening to (multiple responses permitted), 58.5 percent of [...]
SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A huge swarm of Morocco locusts struck Russia last week, a phenomenon that experts suggest was caused by recent climate change. Likewise, Korea is also suffering from swarms of insects that are attacking urban and rural areas across the country. The early-arrival of warmer weather is shortening insect life [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Although the idea seems disturbing to many, insects have long been part of human cuisine. So here is the latest update to Korean entomophagy: an insect-based soup will be launched, possibly by the year’s end. JeongPoong, a Korean food enterprise, revealed that it came up with a new recipe for [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group Sistar ranked No. 1 on major local music charts for the eighth consecutive day Monday with its new single “Shake It.” Released a week ago, “Shake It” has since been on top of the real-time K-pop chart of Melon, an online music service that dominates 60 percent of [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop group EXO set highest record of preorders with its new mini album “Overdose.” Released on May 7, EXO’s new album secured 658,710 copies of preorders (Korean version 372,160 copies and Chinese version 286,550 copies) and set record in the volume of preorders in mini album history. Upon releasing [...]