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 [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The new coronavirus outbreak in South Korea has resulted in the rise of insurance subscriptions through online channels. Thanks to the ease of subscribing to insurance plans on the Internet or via mobile devices, the interest of the middle-aged as well as those in their 20s and 30s has [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. South Korea’s top mobile phone operator, announced on Sunday that it will hold a shareholder’s meeting online on March 26 due to the coronavirus spreading worldwide. The decision comes as the company seeks to bolster its shareholder-friendly management by helping shareholders to participate in the meeting [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans will soon be able to place liquor orders online, using the internet or smartphone apps, before picking up their orders at retail establishments such as restaurants and convenience stores. The National Tax Service (NTS) said Monday it had voted to allow liquor retailers to make sales using [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — With the novel coronavirus outbreak hampering all private investor seminars and investment counseling by securities companies, investment content published on YouTube and other online programs is gaining popularity. The web seminar on investment strategy conducted by Mirae Asset Global Investments, South Korea’s leading asset management firm on April 27 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Korean households are using the internet and mobile devices to buy food, a recent study has revealed. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Korea Rural Economic Institute (KREI) conducted a survey of 2,016 households, 78.6 percent of whom responded that [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — As the number of neighborhood bookstores has halved in the past 18 years, some have pointed out that measures are needed to revitalize small and medium-sized bookstores. According to data submitted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to Rep. Han Sun-kyo of the Liberty Korea Party, the [...]