JEJU, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Products from Jeju are becoming popular with vendors located in train stations. Jeju officials announced that they have sold products worth a total of 80 million won since the island’s government entered into an agreement with the Korea Railroad Corporation (KORAIL) on May 5, and distributed goods to 200 stores in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – KTX Cinema, the world’s first train-run theater, will expand its business into high-speed trains in China. Cinewood Entertainment, co-operator of KTX Cinema together with Korail, signed an MoU with China Culture Investment Group to export the train cinema to China. Tracine, a subsidiary of Cinewood Entertainment operating in China, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – From February, tourists taking a special train bound for tourist attractions in western Korea will be able to experience the warmth of “ondol,” a Korean traditional underfloor heating system. An ondol, also called gudeul, in Korean traditional architecture, is underfloor heating which uses direct heat transfer from wood smoke to [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Oct 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of Korea’s train passengers during the first six months this year has risen 45.3 percent from the same period last year. According to the state-run Korea Railroad Corp., the number of train passengers during the first half of this year was 628,389, up from 432,575. Thanks [...]