SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The combination of offline health coaching with smartphone-based online coaching helps improve the self-management of individuals suffering from chronic diseases, a recent study showed. A research team from the Department of Family Medicine at Seoul National University Hospital said Thursday that it had tested the effectiveness of the offline health coaching [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Monday that it will hold the 2021 Seoul Fashion Week for Fall/Winter from March 22-27. The fashion show will take place surrounded by famous artifacts and artworks owned by the National Museum of Korea and the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, and [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The average amount of time South Koreans spent using the internet reached over 20 hours per week last year, 2.7 hours more than the time spent the previous year amid the stay-at-home trend driven by the pandemic, a report showed Wednesday. South Koreans used the internet 20.1 hours a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — KCON, a major K-pop and Korean culture festival that draws millions of viewers each season, will be held online again next month amid the prolonged coronavirus pandemic, its organizer said Tuesday. The third season of the online event, titled “KCON:TACT,” will stream from March 20-28 through YouTube and the [...]
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 [...]