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 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – A Korean-designed holiday cup is now in use at 23,000 Starbucks coffeehouses in 75 countries across the world. According to Starbucks Korea, a design by 24-year-old Kwon Eun-joo was selected as one of the 13 cups for this year’s Red Cup Contest on Instagram, hosted by the global coffee [...]
DAEJEON, Dec.30 (Korea Bizwire) – The hero that caught the criminal of the shooting that occurred in Daejeon at on the day of Christmas, was the ‘Wanted Automobile Search System’(WASS) using a CCTV. On December 28, 7:11 p.m., an alert went off at the situation room of the Gyeonggi Police, informing that a wanted car [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – A film about South Korean mountaineers has set a new Christmas Day record with more than 700,000 viewers, data showed Monday. A total of 746,413 people watched the movie directed by Lee Seok-hoon, breaking the previous record of 640,624 set by “The Attorney” in 2013, data by the Korean [...]
SEOUL, Dec.21 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul branch of Korea Federation of Small and Medium Business announced that it will operate a Christmas market at Seoul Square from December 21 to 24. A total of 250 small and medium-sized businesses will participate. Handmade goods and souvenirs will be sold. A share of the profits will [...]