SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., jointly with FLO, a music platform, plans to offer free music streaming service, including Christmas songs, to small business owners across the nation for a month, starting on Saturday. SK Telecom will pay all licensing fees for streaming based on the size and type of the [...]
London, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) - IVECO, the commercial vehicles brand of CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI /MI: CNHI), has deep roots in Brazil, with extensive manufacturing presence in the country. And in order to integrate more effectively in the countries and communities in which CNH Industrial operates, the Company and its brands adopt social initiatives [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government is preparing for outdoor festivities in various locations to celebrate both Christmas and winter. At Seoul Book Bogo, Seoul’s landmark bookstore located in Songpa District, a Christmas tree has been set up with used books to create a photo zone. Sejong Center for the Performing [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The retail industry is gearing up for the holiday season. Shinsegae Department Store has placed its own model of the white bear character “Pubila” in stores nationwide for Christmas marketing, and will use the character on shopping bags and packaging until the end of the year. The outer wall [...]
London, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) - IVECO, a brand of CNH Industrial (NYSE: CNHI /MI: CNHI), kick-started the initiative at its annual Gincana do Caminhoneiro, a skills and driving competition for professional truck drivers, in Campo Largo, Paraná state where the participating drivers were invited to donate toys. They were joined by an IVECO customer in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A Chinese-based agency is selling tour programs to spend Christmas Day in North Korea’s capital, Pyongyang. According to the website of Young Pioneer Tours, a three-day tour to Pyongyang sells for 475 pounds (US$608) and a four-day program, which also includes tours to the border city of Kaesong and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – With less than three weeks left before the end of 2017, not everyone in South Korea is excited about the festive season, particularly young people who are mired in record high unemployment this year. To many people, December is often associated with holidays like Christmas and New Year’s Eve, [...]
HONG KONG, CHINA, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Two spectacular light shows over Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour – the new version of the internationally acclaimed nightly multi-media light show A Symphony of Light and the winter version of the Hong Kong Pulse Light Show – unveiled on 1st December 2017. The two world-class shows, best [...]
GIMHAE, South Korea, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – A handful of buses operating in the Gimhae area, South Gyeongsang Province, have been festooned with Christmas decor, and 20 bus drivers have donned Santa Claus costumes. This special event was held for the first time in 2006 by local bus operators, and has since become a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A Christmas tree made of books appeared at the Songpa-gu District Office, Seoul, on Monday, counting down the days left for the celebration of Jesus Christ’s birth. Erected in the district office’s main hall, the three-meter tree was made of some 800 books donated by employees and residents. Officials [...]