SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — This year will be a subdued holiday season for many South Koreans as winter destinations are closed and restaurants are banned from having groups of five or more people under toughened virus curbs. Authorities have repeatedly urged the public to cancel their year-end gatherings and trips to reduce risk [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of overseas tourists visiting South Korea is expected to slump to the lowest level in 32 years amid the new coronavirus pandemic that has practically paralyzed the global tourism sector, data showed Tuesday. The number of foreigners who visited the country in the January-October period reached 2.39 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Almost half of South Koreans either lost their jobs or saw their income fall due to the new coronavirus outbreak, a report showed Friday, in a sign that the job market remains sluggish amid the pandemic. The report by Statistics Korea showed that 49.7 percent of respondents said the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s movie theaters have been opening their doors to television series as part of efforts to survive the protracted novel coronavirus pandemic. CGV, a multiplex chain run by entertainment giant CJ Group, will start screening the fantasy romance “Breakup Suspension” on Wednesday before the series hits the small [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Hundreds of thousands of students took the annual national college entrance exam Thursday while taking extra precautions to guard against the continued surge of the coronavirus. Students arrived at their designated test facilities accompanied by their family members, but there was little of the cheer typical of the scene [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Online shopping in South Korea grew 20 percent in October from a year earlier as the new coronavirus outbreak prompted people to buy goods via e-commerce platforms, data showed Thursday. The value of online transactions stood at 14.2 trillion won (US$12.9 billion) in October, compared with 11.9 trillion won [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans were on high alert Wednesday with only hours to go until hundreds of thousands of students would sit for the annual state college entrance exam during the COVID-19 pandemic. Around 490,000 high school seniors, graduates and others plan to take the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) on [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — For many South Korean women, who are known to have keen interest in caring about their appearance, visiting their regular beauty parlor or hair salon was considered as a common part of their beauty routine. As the pandemic drags on, however, concern about infection in crowded places has prompted [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The start of a baseball season is so significant that it is a common noun in the sport’s parlance: Opening Day. It is supposed to be a time of hope and excitement, when every team is tied for first place and no one has lost a game yet. But [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Online credit card spending in South Korea spiked more than 35 percent in September as consumers avoided going out due to the spread of the novel coronavirus, data showed Thursday. Online and telemarketing credit card purchases came to 10.29 trillion won (US$9.2 billion) in September, up 35.1 percent from [...]