SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The landscape of Halloween parties is changing as more Koreans are preparing for indoor home costume parties this Saturday to both enjoy the celebrations and fend off the coronavirus. Online shopping mall Gmarket reported a 209 percent increase in sales of candle holder sales between Oct. 15-21 compared to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Rather than throwing fancy parties, the ‘cost effective, small party’ model is gaining popularity among Korean office workers. Small parties are not grand parties with fancy decorations or food, but a gathering of friends and acquaintances who get together to celebrate the life of the world. Most of the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Halloween has become exceedingly popular in Korea over the past few years. Despite the holiday being mainly American, or Western, seeing young adults in costumes strolling the streets on the night of October 31 is no longer an unfamiliar sight. However, the event has even spread its influence to [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea is set to open its first party congress in more than three decades on Friday, a venue expected to focus on bolstering the personality cult of the country’s leader Kim Jong-un who has been in power for nearly five years. The congress of the Workers’ Party of [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Girls’ Generation, one of the top South Korean girl groups, swept various music charts at home and other Asian countries Wednesday after making a long-awaited return to the music scene. The album’s title piece “Party” topped eight Korean music services, including Genie, Melon and Mnet, as of 9 a.m. [...]