SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — American fried chicken franchise Popeyes is set to open a store in Seoul next week, two years after closing business in South Korea, its South Korean operator said Thursday. Popeyes’ U.S. operator, Restaurant Brands International Inc., agreed on a master franchise agreement with Silla Co. and is set to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Education on Tuesday said all schools in Seoul and its adjacent cities will resume in-person classes next week as the spread of the new coronavirus has slowed down recently. The move, which will be enforced until Oct. 11, was made to keep with the relaxed social [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean baseball and football leagues welcomed the government’s green light on Friday to open stadiums to fans during the coronavirus pandemic, saying their teams are prepared to execute their plan as early as the weekend. The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters led by Prime Minister Chung [...]
BORYEONG, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Boryeong Coal Museum located in Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province will reopen on June 14 after 11 months of renovations to improve facilities. The museum opened in 1995 as the first coal museum in South Korea and attracted more than 200,000 visitors annually. However, the facility improvement project has [...]