SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The unreasonable and deadly shooting schedules common in the Korean TV industry have once again received criticism as Korean actor Joo-won spoke of the difficulties and lack of sleep he experienced during the shooting of his recent hit drama, ‘Yong-pal’. As the actor recalled the hardships he went through [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – ‘Mr. Pizza’, the restaurant chain operated by MPK Group, announced that it has opened its 100th store in China at Hangzhou. The company is planning to accelerate its advance into the Chinese market. After Mr. Pizza entered the Chinese market in 2000, opening its first store in Beijing, the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A channel devoted to Korean culture will be launched as part of an Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) service in China in December, run by the country’s state-run broadcaster, its operator said Monday. The Heilongjiang Newspaper, which is in charge of operating the Korean broadcast at China’s CCTV.COM, said it [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s exports are expected to continue to decline in the remainder of the year amid low oil prices and a slowing Chinese economy, a poll showed Friday. The country’s leading export sentiment index came to 48.6 for the October-December period, down 3.3 points from the previous quarter, according [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s actress Hwang Jung-eum has gained popularity in China on the back of the success of her soap opera, her management agency said Tuesday. “The number of her followers on Weibo has been on the rise by more than 4,000 per week,” the C-Jes Entertainment said in a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Park Gyeong-cheol, a 35-year-old pilot for Asiana Airlines Inc., thought he had found his lifetime job when he first entered the company years ago. Following grueling training and tests, he was proud and made a promise to himself to stay with the country’s second-largest flag carrier till the end [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea, China and Japan will hold anew round of talks in December aimed at forging a three-way free trade deal, China’s commerce ministry has said, citing “some positive developments” in the previous round of negotiations. Since launching the talks in late 2012, the three nations have made little headway toward a deal that, if successful, would create one of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Eight models of South Korean carmakers Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp. have won top marks in a Chinese customer satisfaction survey, the companies said Sunday. Hyundai’s Tucson ix, ix25, Santa Fe, Mingtu and Langdong, and Kia’s K2, K3 and KX3 scored the highest in their respective categories [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Chinese tourists, famous for leaving shelves bare when they shop abroad, went on a a shopping spree in Korea, Japan and the U.S. during the National Holiday of the People’s Republic of China. According to a Chinese journal, many Chinese tourists visited Korea and Japan during the holidays, with [...]
BEIJING, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Yonhap News Agency, South Korea’s key newswire service, and the People’s Daily, an official newspaper of China’s Communist Party, on Tuesday agreed to forge closer cooperation in covering news. The memorandum of understanding was signed in Beijing between Cho Bock-rae, managing director for content convergence of Yonhap News Agency, [...]