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SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of South Koreans were opposed to allowing people to bring their pets to national cemeteries despite the country’s growing population of dog and cat owners, a poll showed Thursday. In the poll of 1,005 adults aged between 19 and 69, 54 percent said they were opposed [...]
SUNCHEON, South Korea, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Suncheonman International Garden Expo in the southwestern city of Suncheon will offer a variety of events and shows during the Chuseok holiday, including an arm-wrestling competition for mothers and free concerts, organizers said Thursday. The expo has been taking place in the city, 286 kilometers south [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study conducted by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) looked at emergency room visits for poisoning that happened over the course of a year, from June 1 last year to May 31 of this year, and revealed some alarming trends. Researchers queried data from 15 emergency [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The dance performance video for “How You Like That,” a 2020 hit single by K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, has surpassed 1.5 billion views on YouTube, the group’s agency said Wednesday. The choreography video hit the milestone Tuesday night, about three years and two months after it was uploaded on [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey showed that South Koreans use short-form platforms much more than streaming media services. On Tuesday, Wiseapp Retail Goods, a provider of app and retail analytical services, unveiled the results of a comparison survey on usage hours between short-form platforms and OTT services. Through a sample survey of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government shared on Tuesday that a total of 1,826 dogs and 2,500 pet owners enjoyed the public dog pool at Ttukseomhangangang Park in Gwangjin-gu from September 2 to September 24. The busiest day was September 10 when 526 pet owners and 376 dogs came to visit. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co. has announced a new campaign called “2023 I’M DOgNOR” with the aim of encouraging a culture of dog blood donation for dogs. The name DOgNOR comes from combining the words “dog” and “donor.” Currently, over 90% of the blood used for dog transfusions in Korea comes [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The parliamentary Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee on Monday passed a resolution denouncing Japan for laying claims to South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo and approving school textbooks containing such claims. The resolution had originally passed through the committee in June, but the committee decided to pass it again [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Dondeokjeon, a historic Western-style building in Seoul’s Deoksu Palace used as a royal guesthouse during the Korean Empire (1897-1910), will open to the public Tuesday after being reconstructed in its original shape, the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) said. The reconstruction was part of the agency’s broader plan to restore [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The founder and former chief producer of SM Entertainment, Lee Soo-man, is stepping up his environmental, social and governance (ESG) activities with a tree-planting project in Los Angeles. Lee will participate in the tree-planting event at Seoul International Park on Thursday (local time), according to music industry sources. He [...]