SEOUL, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The chief of the National Human Rights Commission on Wednesday urged each party and candidate to refrain from hate speech ahead of the April 10 parliamentary elections. Song Doo-hwan, chairman of the commission, said in a statement that state institutions, such as the National Election Commission, should declare their [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — With only a month left before the April 10 parliamentary elections, political parties are unveiling various pork-barrel election pledges and intensifying efforts to secure key districts, as recent public opinion polls indicate a slight yet significant shift. The quadrennial vote holds significant importance for the ruling People Power Party [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group said Sunday that the video it produced to help the treatment of abused children surpassed the 20 million mark in YouTube views. Starting in 2015, the South Korean carmaker has carried out a video campaign called “Heals on Wheels” that highlights the valuable social application of [...]
BUSAN, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A youth art group, together with the police, launched an eye-catching campaign to publicize the upcoming change in the way pedestrians cross an intersection. Life Art Edition recently held a surprise performance at a crosswalk. While cars were stopped for the traffic light, it held a dance and band [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo of the minor People’s Party resumed campaigning Saturday after a three-day pause due to the accidental deaths of two campaign workers this week. Ahn suspended his campaign activities Tuesday after a local campaign chief and a bus driver were found dead inside a campaign vehicle [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group has formulated a plan to help small merchants that are suffering from the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic as part of its social contribution program ‘Gift Car.’ The group announced on Tuesday that it will launch the ‘Gift Car On Air’ campaign to help small businesses typically accustomed [...]
JEJU, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Jeju Fire Safety Headquarters is hosting a special event to raise awareness about fire safety prior to the upcoming winter season. The headquarters is posting ‘Fire Safety Game,’ a four-episode card news series inspired by Netflix’s original series “Squid Game,” on its official Facebook page and other social [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A campaign launched by a South Korean news outlet to help journalists in Myanmar is drawing significant attention. OhmyNews, an Internet-based newspaper in South Korea, said that donations for the campaign that was launched in August to help the Myanmar press passed the 10 million won (US$8,354) mark on [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s leading steelmaker POSCO is set to launch a waste plastic collection campaign to celebrate World Environment Day on Friday. The waste plastics that POSCO and its partner companies collect will be mixed with steel materials and upscaled into useful products for everyday life. For those who participate [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to hold an eco-friendly campaign titled ‘Cup a Tree’ along with Starbucks Korea and the Seoul Green Trust to commemorate Earth Day on Thursday. As part of the campaign, the city will plant flowers and trees donated by Starbucks in certain barren locations inside [...]