SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) - The sales of items that help drivers make it through long hours spent in the car during Chuseok holiday traffic jams soared this year. According to 11st, an online shopping site, sales of car accessories from September 1 to 24 were 37 percent higher than the same period last [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will host its own Black Friday super sales festival in early October to stimulate domestic spending critical for generating economic growth, the government said Tuesday. Asia’s fourth-largest economy has been hit hard by sagging exports and still weak consumer spending. Outbound shipments fell 14.9 percent on-year in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — As the Chuseok holiday has been prolonged to four days due to the adoption of a substitute holiday system, the booking rates of famous hotels, resorts, and camping sites are soaring. Of note, the Oak Valley Resort in Wonju, Gangwon province, the Daemyung Resort in Byunsan and the Incheon Songdo [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire)- “Dried” foods sell like hotcakes in the run up to Chuseok or Hangawi, a major harvest festival celebrated in Korea. Gift sets consisting of dried Hanwoo(Korean beef), dried fish, half-dried baked yams, and dried persimmons are in high demand as Chuseok(Korean Thanksgiving) gifts. According to Shinsegae department store, sales of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – With the approach of Chuseok, the Korean Thanksgiving holiday, carmakers are providing various services including free rentals. Hyundai Motor is holding a ‘Hangawi (Korean Thanksgiving Day) Rental’ event in which they plan to provide 200 new Avantes and 100 new Sonatas. The vehicles can be used from September 24 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of direct overseas purchases has been increasing every year, and for the first time last year, reached 1 trillion won. The trend continues as the number of people directly buying their holiday gifts for Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving) from overseas websites is increasing. According to Gmarket, an online shopping [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Department stores and large retailers are launching gift sets for Chuseok, the Korean Thanksgiving holiday, that range from socks going for 2,800 won to 33 million won wine sets. Though the holiday is a symbol of richness, the polarization in the prices of the gift sets reflects a bitter [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – During big holidays such as Chuseok, or Korean equivalent of Thanksgivingday, family reunions are central to the traditional Korean festivity: families and relatives all around the nation come together to share food and their stories. However, this big holiday season also comes as a good-bye moment to a significant number [...]
SEJONG, South Korea, Sep. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – A housewife in her late 30s was arrested on a charge of inflicting injury upon her mother-in-law in Sejong city, South Chungcheong Province on September 7. According to Sejong Police Station in the city, a woman was brought in for a violence charge against her husband’s mother [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea boasts its best packages delivery service, unmatched by any other nation in the world. Korean consumers can receive goods purchased online within just a day and this speedy delivery system is largerly credited to the committed efforts made by the local delivery worker – estimated at about 45,000-strong manpower in the nation. For the [...]