SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean Buddhist community and an umbrella group of Protestant churches said Wednesday they will postpone upcoming Buddha’s birthday and Easter celebrations to join the nationwide fight against the novel coronavirus. “The ritual to celebrate Buddha’s birthday, scheduled to be held on April 30, will be put off [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Many office workers in South Korea prefer celebrating the new business year online, a study has revealed. South Korean job portal Incruit conducted a survey of 843 office workers, 77.9 percent of whom preferred holding a new business year celebration online. Only 22.1 percent wanted an offline celebration. Online [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean War broke out with the North Korean military invading its southern neighbor on June 25, 1950. The war ended after three years on July 27, 1953, with both parties signing an armistice agreement. The two Koreas celebrated their armistice day on Wednesday. Several events were held across [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea held a mass celebration in the center of Pyongyang on Tuesday to mark the end of its ruling party congress that conferred on its leader Kim Jong-un a new title. The four-day congress that concluded on Monday gave Kim the chairmanship of the ruling Workers’ Party of [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The month of May in Korea is sometimes referred to as ‘family month’. With approaching holidays and commemoration days like Children’s Day (May 5) and Parent’s Day (May 8), the average worker is expected to spend an average of 360,000 won on gifts. A recent survey conducted by Hunet, [...]