SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean mobile carriers are taking membership benefits online as the coronavirus is resulting in higher consumption in the contact-free market. SK Telecom Co., for one, is introducing various membership benefits to T Membership, the company’s online membership platform, for a series of contact-free modes of consumption including online [...]
INCHEON, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — This year’s Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival, the biggest annual South Korean outdoor rock concert, will kick off this week in a virtual way due to the new coronavirus, its organizers said Tuesday. The 2020 festival, the 15th of its kind, runs on Friday and Saturday, with all concerts and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Upcoming local biennial art exhibitions will go virtual to allow people to enjoy high-quality artworks at home amid the prolonged coronavirus pandemic. The Busan Biennale 2020, a biennial international contemporary art show held in the southern port city of Busan, will kick off Saturday and run through Nov. 8 [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Ever since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, an increasing number of consumers are turning to rental services to use a variety of products without having to pay large sums of money to purchase them. Major online shopping malls Gmarket and Auction reported a 561 percent increase in the [...]
BORYEONG, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Boryeong Mud Festival, which is being held online for the first time this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, has ended in great success. The festival attracted a total of 1,408,347 viewers to its social media properties, setting a successful guideline for festivals in the post-coronavirus era, according [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — One out of 10 teenagers in South Korea has experienced a form of sexual inducement online, such as being asked to provide a video of their body, over the past three years, a poll showed Saturday, indicating many youths are vulnerable to sexual exploitation. In the survey of 6,423 [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — GS Caltex Corp., South Korea’s second-largest refiner, will conduct “Classroom Healing” online, a social contribution program for grade 1 of middle school students, amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. The program is a collective art healing program aimed at preventing maladjustment of students to their social environment at [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Department Store said Wednesday it will hold the industry’s first no-guest fashion show to help small and medium-sized fashion brands suffering from the aftermath of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The fashion show will feature 25 Korean small and mid-sized fashion brands. The show will be broadcast live on [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s national dance company is joining others holding online performances amid the spread of the coronavirus. The Korea National Contemporary Dance Company (KNCDC) announced Tuesday that it will host an online performance, titled Dance On Air, to demonstrate the beauty of contemporary dance. ‘The Rite of Spring’ will [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea National Opera plans to air performances online after cancelling a number of concerts due to the coronavirus outbreak. All online performances will be recorded without an audience and uploaded to the National Opera’s official YouTube channel. Some of the performances will be broadcast live through Naver, South [...]