SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The 10-day holiday starting late September will likely have mixed effects on South Korea’s economy struggling to cope with trade sanctions imposed by China over a missile row, growing protectionism from the United States and geopolitical risks caused by North Korea. The government designated October 2 as a one-off [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Seodaemun District recently placed two solar panel benches with smartphone charging capabilities in the trendy neighborhood of Sinchon. One bench is placed near Arisu Park, and the other at the intersection in front of U-plex Mall. Samsung Galaxy S6 models or later versions and LG G3 and G4 models [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Yonsei University, one of the most prestigious universities in Korea, has published the world’s first Chinese-Chinese-Korean bilingual dictionary, which can help people learn both Chinese and Korean. The dictionary offers definitions of Chinese words in Chinese and Korean together. The bilingual dictionary was developed by 228 professors from 126 [...]
Seoul, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Women who experience blackouts after drinking have a higher tendency to think about suicide. Professor Park Eun-chul and his team of preventive medicine at Yonsei University analyzed material from the National Nutrition Survey, conducted from 2007 to 2011 on 42,347 adults. They compared drinking frequency and quantity etc., and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Daum Communications acquired smartphone app SeoulBus as a stepping stone to expand its business into local online to offline (O2O) market and reinforce its mobile advertisement business. Daum, the second largest Internet portal in Korea to be merged with Kakao Inc. next month, announced on September 16 that it took [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Sinchon, one of the magnets for young people in Seoul, sees traffic accidents declining significantly since it was designated as the first ‘Public Transport-only Area’ in Seoul early this year. The Seoul Metropolitan Government selected Sinchon as its first “Transit Mall” where only buses, vans with more than 16 passengers, emergency [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A large-scale discount event will be launched this weekend providing 50-percent discount by participating stores in Seoul’s Sinchon area. Under the slogan of “Now Sinchon Is 50% Discount,” the discount event called “Tap Day Festival” will be held on June 28. In the event, some 300 stores in the area [...]