SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Hotels in Seoul and its vicinity are showing higher occupancy this summer as vacationers take refuge from record heat at accommodations not too far from home, their business data indicated Wednesday. Resort-style hotel Banyan Tree Club and Spa Seoul said its package sales rose 3 to 5 percent this [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Chung, a 31-year-old pet lover, has been keeping his air conditioner at home turned on while he is away at work for the past couple of weeks. This is for the sake of his pet dogs, who are at home all day long. “Previously, I kept the windows open [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A man who has been working for many years as a delivery person at McDonald’s covered his face up by wearing a helmet, sunglasses and a face mask to protest against the American fast food chain’s dress code policy of requiring workers to wear jeans while on duty, at [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – A male elephant previously known to be healthy and housed at Seoul Grand Park, a popular zoo in South Korea, died suddenly on Sunday, zoo officials revealed yesterday. The Asian elephant named Gazaba, born in 2004 in Sri Lanka, had made the zoo its home since 2010 when it [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will adjust the residential progressive electricity tariffs for July and August to ease the household burden from heavy electricity bills caused by the unprecedented summer heat, the energy ministry said Tuesday. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said it will temporarily upgrade the ceilings of the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – With the intense summer heat continuing to take a toll, sales of hair and hair-loss products have multiplied fivefold with the onset of not only the heat but also high UV rays. The e-commerce website Auction said today that hair-related products including scalp massagers and hair loss treatments grew 498 percent [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced yesterday that it will be providing support for low income families that have been affected by the recent heat wave, via an emergency fund. Those eligible for the relief measures are individuals belonging to single-person households living on rooftops, in tiny one-room housing, and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean Army revealed yesterday that it was activating a heat wave response division in order to better prepare the military for the scorching heat in addition to providing aid to the general public. Army officials also stated that the response division had activated level 1 as of August [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s nighttime low temperature has continued to hit a record high amid an extended heat wave, the state weather agency said Friday. The capital’s overnight lows reached 30.4 C on Thursday night, higher than the 30.3 C recorded the previous night, the Korea Meteorological Administration said. It marked the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The worst heat wave in history is wreaking havoc on South Korea, from automobile breakdowns to livestock deaths. According to Nonghyup Property & Casualty Insurance, a total of 3.23 million livestock have already succumbed to the heat nationwide. Financial damages from the deaths are expected to reach approximately 17.3 [...]