SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Baek Soo-bin, 28, was all set to finally reunite with her friends for a year-end party after a series of canceled dinners and get-togethers amid toughened coronavirus social distancing rules. But instead of visiting a fancy bar or restaurant, Baek was at her home in Paju, north of Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea on Monday started to implement an enhanced social distancing scheme for upcoming holidays to better curb the nationwide spread of the novel coronavirus. The government has designated Monday to Oct. 11 as a special period for strengthened virus curbs as many people are expected to travel during [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of South Koreans are purchasing Chuseok holiday gifts online instead of going to a brick and mortar store. When it comes to fresh food, however, consumers still prefer to make purchases in person. Lotte Mart reported that holiday gifts accounted for 8.1 percent of total online [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Eight out of 10 employees who work at large supermarkets or super supermarkets (SSMs) want to rest on holidays such as Lunar New Year’s Day and Chuseok, the Korean equivalent of Thanksgiving. Rep. Bak Maeng-woo of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party reported on Wednesday that he and the [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean people tend to spend less in restaurants and hotels during traditional holiday seasons, such as the Lunar New Year and Chuseok, a report said Tuesday. According to the monthly report by the Bank of Korea (BOK), credit card purchases at local food and accommodation service businesses fall [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) –Choi Geon-wu, a 39-year-old SK Hynix employee, will not be able to visit his family over the Chuseok holidays because of the nature of his work, ensuring the safety of an industrial complex that produces semiconductors. Choi works as a firefighter at SK Hynix’s Cheongju factory, and is the first [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – As Koreans have started to see holidays as simply a ‘day off’, sales at amusement parks and businesses related to traveling have greatly increased. KB Kookmin Card analyzed big data related to the average daily sales of travel and entertainment businesses during the Chuseok holidays (Korean Thanksgiving) and the [...]