SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Summer holiday season is back, but a growing number of Koreans are preferring to stay in the city instead of leaving the busy metropolis. Shinsegae Department Store discovered that its summer holiday (July and August) sales accounted for 16.1 percent of its annual sales in 2015, which was an increase [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Public Safety and Security’s Central Fire Service has designated 1,317 ambulances across Korea specifically for use during heatwaves, according to a report released on Sunday. These ‘heatwave ambulances’ will have nine different first aid kits, including ice vests, saline solution, intravenous injection set, and oral electrolyte solution. [...]
Seoul, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Spending a day on the beach or camping would be great on a hot summer day, but how about a walk in the woods in the city? The Seoul Metropolitan Government has introduced flowered roads in the spring, maple tree roads in the autumn, and has now selected 190 places with [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Koreans are especially susceptible to allergic contact dermatitis in July and August, according to a report from the National Health Insurance Corporation published on July 5. The corporation conducted a study on patients diagnosed with such dermatitis from 2009 to 2013, and concluded that most of the cases were [...]