SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans are coming up with various ways to quench the thirst for year-end celebrations as they are being obligated to stay at home due to the coronavirus. Starting a new hobby or doing outdoor activities at home are becoming a new end-of-year tradition among families. Lee, a 26 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul metropolitan government on Monday announced plans to run additional night buses to meet demand for the year-end season when getting taxis becomes more difficult. The city government said it plans to operate additional night buses running on nine routes — N13, N15, N16, N26, N30, N37, N61, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Many South Korean office workers are financially burdened by a surge in spending on year-end get-togethers and New Year’s. Saramin, an online job search portal, conducted a survey of 1,795 office workers, 68.2 percent of whom said they feel uncomfortable by the amount of money they spend on Christmas, [...]
DAEGU, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — With an increasing number of South Koreans preferring to host end-of-year celebrations at home instead of going out, demand for party supplies is soaring. According to E-Mart Inc., wine and cake sales at six stores in Daegu last month rose by 18.9 percent and 16.1 percent, respectively, compared to [...]