CHEONGJU, South Korea, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – An international martial arts competition will kick off in central South Korea early next month, bringing together some 2,000 fighters and officials from across the world, organizers said Wednesday. The inaugural World Martial Arts Masterships (http://www.2016martial-arts.kr) will be staged from Sept. 2-8 in the city of Cheongju, [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Sometimes you just want to zone out and stay thoughtless for a while. But when some 70 people are sitting in one spot, all but spaced-out, there is something else going on. This is what happened Sunday by the Han River in Seoul. As it turned out, they were participants [...]
JEONJU, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) – B-boying was huge in Korea in the late 90s and early 2000s. A Korean dance group even won the 2002 Battle of the Year, which is one of the most prestigious international dance competitions. During every break at middle and high school, boys would try to impress the girls [...]
NEW DELHI, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean Embassy and the Korean Culture Center in India have been holding a quiz competition for locals on subjects related to Korea, its history, and culture. The competition, in which 12,000 contestants participated, has been ongoing for the past month. The Korean Culture Center collaborated with 50 [...]
DAEJEON, Feb.15 (Korea Bizwire) – Competition for patents is fierce among domestic companies eager to get ahead in the drone market. The Korean Intellectual Property Office announced that a total of 389 patents related to drones were applied for in 2015, which was a 161 percent increase compared to the previous year. The number of [...]
JEONGSEON, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean alpine skiing venue for an upcoming Winter Games test event officially opened Friday, two days after receiving its approval from the sport’s international governing body. The Jeongseon Alpine Centre, the venue for the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Skiing World Cup on Feb. 6-7, was declared [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Naver, Korea’s largest search portal with more than 70 percent of the market, will close its open market “ShopN” in response to public criticism and a controversy following a Fair Trade Commission investigation on the company. It has been two years since Naver established ShopN in 2012. Naver said [...]