Price inflation is hitting mom-and-pop businesses particularly hard after they were already battered by the coronavirus pandemic. Even restaurants and other small food businesses that weathered the minimum-wage hike by laying off part-timers and clung on through lockdown by switching to deliveries are now succumbing to the rise in ingredient costs. They cannot simply pass…
Sales of imported cars have jumped again while domestic automakers languished in the first half of the year.According to the Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association on Tuesday, total car sales shrank 2.6 percent on-year to 924,000 cars from January to June.This is partly due to a 6.2 percent decrease in output of Korea’s carmakers amid a…
More and more people in Korea are leaving their wallets at home and store credit cards, name cards and even ID cards in their phone.In less than a year, plastic ID cards may be a thing of the past. The National Police Agency has allowed some use of mobile driver’s licenses since June last year,…
Cheong Wa Dae has more than doubled the security detail for President Moon Jae-in once he retires to his private home in Yangsan, South Gyeongsang Province next May.Moon will be given 65 bodyguards rather than the 27 assigned to his predecessors when they left office. /Yonhap Cheong Wa Dae says more personnel is needed to…
No-cook summer meals can be a lifesaver, especially when it‘s pushing 90, the sun’s blazing in through your windows, and not even a cold shower will cool you down. You need sustenance that won’t add a single degree of heat to your indoor environment, something that soothes without asking too much of you. Think summer…
Is the best greens powder the one that packs the most certified organic vegetables into one daily dose? The one that promises glowing skin, a hardy digestive system, and a boosted immune system? We’d argue that the best greens powder is the one that you are actually going to drink, and the dusty bottles of multivitamins…
“Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing Ta F’ Wit,” and Wu-Tang founding member RZA isn’t messing around when it comes to veganism either. The legendary rapper and producer, who weaned himself off meat in the mid-90s after biting into a chicken bone, has been one of hip-hop’s most vocal advocates of veganism for years now. He’s done…
A travel update on Emirates Airlines’ website indicates that South Africans will be permitted to transit through Dubai from 5 August, subject to conditions that have yet to be announced. Emirates has published a list of countries whose nationals will be allowed to transit through Dubai from 5 August, following recent updates to the directive…
If you like Italian food, you will fall in love with our crispy gnocchi with mushrooms and paprika butter recipe. It is packed with flavour and a gourmet feast. The addition of mushrooms to this recipe adds another dimension to this Italian dish. Mushrooms are known for their umami richness in flavour. They are so…
South Africa recorded 13 263 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has said on Wednesday. TOTAL OF 423 COVID-19 DEATHS RECORDED IN LAST 24 HOURS This brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 484 009. This increase of 8 791 new COVID-19 cases represents a 22.3…
