CJ Cheil Jedang announced on March 22 that its research paper on body fat reduction by red pepper paste was published in the Journal of Food Science & Technology.This is the first time that the functionality of red pepper paste itself was published in the form of a research paper worldwide although

Students at Harvard University visited North Gyeongsang Province for two days from March 17 to 18 to go around its new government office building and experience culture in the province as part of the Harvard College in Asia Program (HCAP).The HCAP is an international exchange program founded at Harv

The Philippine Embassy in Seoul led by the Philippine Ambassador to South Korea Raul S. Hernandez, together with the Chairman of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Professor Felipe M. de Leon Jr., inaugurated Sentro Rizal Seoul on March 6, 2016, on the 2nd floor of the Embassy C

The Economist Intelligence Unit reported on March 9 Seoul ranked eighth in the list of expensive cities to live in.The Economist Intelligence Unit reported on March 9 that Singapore has become the most expensive city in the world to live in for three years in a row.According to the report, Singapore

According to Nielsen Korea, KBS TV drama “Descendants of the Sun” recorded a viewer rating of 24.1% in its fourth episode.One of the reasons for the popularity is actor Song Joong-ki and the romantic lines coming out of his mouth. In addition, his masculine character is adding to its popularity as w

On Feb. 22, the Australian Embassy in Seoul joined Australian restaurateur Bill Granger to showcase Australian café culture in a special event to mark the opening of iconic Australian restaurant bills in Gwanghwamun.At the reception guests enjoyed a delicious Australian-style menu and fine Australia

The European Chamber of Commerce in Korea (ECCK) held its 2016 New Year Party at the Grand Hyatt in Jan 28.H.E. Gerhard Sabathil, the ambassador of the head of the delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Korea, delivered a congratulatory speech on the occasion. He stressed the importance

CGV’s ScreenX, the multi-projection system that extends a movie’s images onto theater walls, has made a good start in China, which is rapidly emerging as the largest film market in the world.CGV, the largest cinema chain in Korea, said ScreenX is highly likely to thrive in the Chinese market as the

It is not an exaggeration to say that Korea is a “coffee nation” when eight out of ten Koreans drink two or more cups of coffee and seven percolate coffee in their homes.On Jan. 20, the Seoul Café Show said that they published a “Korea Coffee White Paper” after conducting a survey of 1,076 participa

Korea University announced on January 19 that its research team developed a device and technique for mobile 3D indoor mapping that allow 3D indoor maps to be drawn up based on instantaneous indoor image and distance detection. The new developments are characterized by a backpack combined with a lase

Samsung Electronics CEO and vice chairman Kwon Oh-hyun met with leukemia patients and delivered consolation on Jan. 14. The Korean IT giant also handed a written apology to family members of former workers who suffered deadly diseases including leukemia and various cancers on the same day, claiming

According to Statistics Korea, the ratio of single-person households in Korea increased from 15.5 percent to 25.3 percent between 2000 and 2013 and is estimated to exceed 31 percent in 2025.Under the circumstances, convenience stores are benefiting greatly from the demographic trend. For example, th

The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) officially opened the doors of the “2018 PyeongChang House” on Jan. 4 at the Green-city Convention Center in Gangneung. Ice events will be staged in Gangneung and the special hospitality venue is designed to

Lotte World Tower, the tallest building in both Koreas, will hold an event for the New Year’s Eve countdown.Greeting the Year of the Monkey, Lotte Corporation is hosting the “2016 Lotte World Tower New Year Twist Show,” creating a scene with LED lighting installed from the 13th floor to 100th floor

Korean Air is providing more active support for the successful hosting of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. The company transported snow tracks, which are the essential equipment for test events of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games, at no cost, through a KE286 freighter that left To

CJ Group is offering scholarships to 55 students from elementary, middle and high school and college in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam. The group said that it has been selecting and granting scholarships to students in need from 2013, along with Lam Dong Province, and it has expanded beneficiaries and t

Dongbu Daewoo Electronics is aiming to occupy the French market, the major market in Europe, through sports marketing.The company said it has become an official sponsor for “Hand Star Game 2015,” a game of handball which is the national sport in France.About 20,000 fans from all over France watched

Samsung Electronics announced on Dec. 29 it is addressing the growing demand of quantified health with an all-in-one advanced system logic chip for the health wearables market, called a Bio-Processor. The bioprocessing chip, now in mass production, is specially designed to accelerate the development

Hanwha Galleria, a retail unit under the Hanwha Group, has partially opened its first duty-free store at the 63 City Building in Yeouido, Seoul on Dec. 28, its debut into the duty free business.With the title of “Beginning of the Golden Journey,” Galleria Duty Free 63 will feature a total of 369 cos

Hankook Tire, a leading global tire company, donated 1.1 billion won (US$939,769) to the Community Chest of Korea (CCK) on Dec. 23 as part of its “Sharing Hope Campaign 2016” to support the underprivileged.From 2003, the company has been joining the sharing hope campaign led by the CCK every year to