SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey has revealed that Koreans spend an average of 300,000 won every year on shoes. ABC Mart, a discount shoe store, conducted a survey in collaboration with GfK, a market research company, asking 1,000 men and women between the ages of 15 and 49 about their shoe [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – ‘Spending Festivals’ targeting both Korean and foreigners are set to open nationwide. They are expected to be the Korean version of ‘Black Friday’ in the US. Department stores, grocery stores, traditional markets and even online shopping malls will participate in the event. In order to energize spending to revitalize [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Officials from 35 big travel agencies in the U.S. will set off on a ‘Korea Fam Tour’, to investigate the current status of tourism in Korea. The Korea Fam Tour is a joint venture of the LA branch of Korea Tourist Service, the American Branch of Asiana Airlines and [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Among the Koreans, Chinese and Japanese citizens that travel abroad, it was revealed that Koreans traveled most frequently, Chinese spent the most money and Japanese went to faraway places most often. Visa card reported the results of its ’2015 Visa Survey on Travel Plans’, in which 13,603 people from 25 [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — What does ‘Korea’ remind global citizens of? According to a 2014 survey conducted by the Korea Foundation for International Culture Exchange (KOFICE) on 5,600 citizens from 14 countries, 17.2 percent of the respondents answered that K-pop is the first thing that came to mind when they thought of Korea. This is [...]
BARRE, VT, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Northern Power Systems (www.northernpower.com) (TSX: NPS) has commissioned four of its NPS 100 wind turbines in South Korea’s newest and most advanced hybrid energy project, while working in close collaboration with the national grid operator Korean Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), to ensure effective delivery of this hybrid microgrid. [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea concluded their fifth round of Free Trade Agreement talks in Beijing for five days between September 1 and 5. The latest negotiations were led by South Korean Assistant Commerce Minister Woo Tae-hee, China’s Assistant Commerce Minister, Wang Shouwen, and Japanese Deputy Foreign [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) – When you travel overseas, you often feel as if you are an Alice in wonderland. Sometimes that could be a nice experience but some other times it may be confusing and terrifying. What if you could get help from a local friend who knows her way around the [...]
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INCHEON, South Korea, April 18, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Incheon Business Agency (http://www.iba.or.kr) successfully completed ‘Cuore del Design Incheon Korea’ held in Milan, Italy. Manager of ‘Cuore del Design Incheon Korea’ said, “More than 1,000 visitors visited the exhibition per day, and a large number of visitors showed deep interest asking questions about features and [...]