SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A restaurant that unveiled plans to offer free meals to unvaccinated customers has drawn mixed responses from online commenters in South Korea. A restaurant specializing in abalone located in western Seoul uploaded a post through its official Instagram account saying that it would provide an additional abalone for free [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A near-century-old restaurant in Seoul, believed to be the first to serve western-style cuisine in Korea, has announced it will shut down due to the pandemic after nearly a century of business. Seoul Station Grill, which opened on Oct. 15, 1925, on the second floor of the old Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 200 owners of cafes and restaurants sued the government on Friday over losses caused by COVID-19 business restrictions. The plaintiffs — 170 cafe owners and 70 restaurant owners — said they are seeking 1.2 billion won (US$1.08 million) in compensation from the government. The lawsuit, which was [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Naver Corp., South Korea’s top web portal operator, introduced a new artificial intelligence (AI) call technology that automatically responds to customer calls for restaurant reservations. If a customer asks to make a reservation, the AI responds by asking the time of reservation, number of people, and if a baby [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Boulevard Erkindik, located in the heart of downtown Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, is home to one of the most popular restaurants in town – Chicken Star, which was launched in May 2015 by Chung Chi-hoon, a 37-year-old Korean. TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel information website, ranked Chicken Star [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Woowa Brothers Corp., a South Korean service provider for a major food delivery app, Baedal Minjok, will open a next generation restaurant, Merry-Go Kitchen, in Seoul’s Songpa District. The restaurant will be run with ‘smart orders,’ autonomous driving robots, and other cutting-edge technology. At the restaurant, each table will [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — True to form the latest Michelin Guide Seoul recommends the best places to eat in South Korea’s capital city with posh five-star hotel restaurants to small noodle places being lauded for their culinary excellence and service. Its third edition, which once again demonstrated its love for local cuisine, the [...]
HONG KONG, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — VistaJet, the first and only global business aviation company, today announces its collaboration with Duddell’s, the Michelin-starred culinary, cultural and social destination in Hong Kong. Together Duddell’s and VistaJet will create an exclusive in-flight menu and limited-edition mooncakes to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival. The exquisite food [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s restaurant industry has been shrinking at a fast clip due to a rise in the number of one-person households and other unfavorable factors, government data showed Thursday. The number of restaurant owners stood at 729,724 in December last year, down 0.51 percent, or 3,718, from the previous [...]
ISTANBUL, Turkey and NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — TFI Tab Food Investments (“TFI” or the “Company”), today announced that it has postponed its previously announced initial public offering. TFI will continue to evaluate the timing for the proposed offering as market conditions develop. A registration statement relating to the proposed sale of these [...]