SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of moviegoers surged in January, driven by the release of several hit films and an extended Lunar New Year holiday, data showed Thursday. According to the Korea Film Council (KOFIC), total cinema attendance rose 46.8 percent on-year to 6.8 million, while sales increased 45.1 percent to 65.3 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Traffic on major highways built up nationwide Thursday, as millions of South Koreans returned home on the final day of the extended six-day Lunar New Year holiday. On some sections of the Gyeongbu Expressway, which links Seoul to the southeastern city of Busan through major cities, cars were often [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Overseas Korean Cultural Centers are celebrating the Lunar New Year with events where visitors can experience both traditional and contemporary Korean culture, including opportunities to play children’s games featured in Netflix’s “Squid Game” Season 2. The events, organized by South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, are taking [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Koreans prepare for what will be an unprecedented nine-day Lunar New Year holiday for some, an unusual employment trend is emerging: a sharp increase in short-term jobs caring for pets, from feeding fish to walking dogs. According to the online community marketplace Karrot Market, pet-related job postings have [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Data from the National Police Agency has revealed a significant spike in domestic violence incidents during last year’s Lunar New Year holiday period in South Korea, with reports exceeding typical daily averages by 30%. According to police records obtained by Democratic Party lawmaker Yang Bu-nam, authorities received 3,384 domestic violence [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Over 1.34 million South Koreans are expected to travel overseas during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, when many will likely take extra leave to further extend the period to up to 10 days, according to industry data Wednesday. According to the data from the Incheon International Airport Corp. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 34 million people are expected to travel domestically and internationally during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, according to a state-run institute Tuesday. The Korea Transport Institute said it estimates 34.84 million people to be on the move during the six-day period from Saturday to next Thursday, [...]
ULSAN, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ulju Cultural Foundation and Seosaeng-myeon Residents’ Association announced on January 16 that they will host “2025 Ganjeolgot Rises” on January 25 at Ganjeolgot, South Korea’s premier sunrise viewing location, to celebrate the Lunar New Year. The event, sponsored by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power’s Shin-Hanul headquarters, aims to send [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The government on Tuesday designated Jan. 27 as a temporary holiday in an effort to stimulate private consumption and promote domestic tourism ahead of the Lunar New Year. The motion was approved in a Cabinet meeting, resulting in an extended six-day holiday period from Jan. 25 to Jan. 30, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to release a record amount of agricultural products into the market to stabilize prices and ease the financial burden on people ahead of the Lunar New Year, the government said Thursday. Under the plan, the government will release 265,000 tons of 16 major agricultural items, including [...]