SEOUL, Korea, Nov 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Software company OpenVACS has launched a new international calling card “OTO Global Card,” following the same service on the Internet. The calling card, to be sold in 8,000 CU convenience stores across the country, allows the user to make phone calls to 245 countries worldwide. Available in denominations from 5,000 [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 15 (Korea Bizwire) – As more and more people raise their awareness on animal experimentation, cosmetic companies worldwide are responding to the call for more ethical consumption of cosmetics without involving animals in any form. On upcoming November 16, Lush Retail, the British cosmetic purveyor famous for fresh handmade cosmetics, will hold the first [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Naver Inc. said on November 14 that it would open to public its lab for web accessibility within the company’s headquarters building. Web accessibility refers to the inclusive practice of making websites usable by people of all abilities and disabilities. The lab consists of four different spaces: for those visually [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s first “resort house complex” will be built near Chuncheon, 70 kilometers northeast Seoul. Hanwon Group, the real estate developer with experience in building apartments, residential-commercial complexes, shopping malls, and golf courses for the past 20 years, said recently that it would set to develop resort houses “The Spring” near the [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 14 (Korea Bizwire) – AhnLab Inc., Korea’s major security software developer, is set to provide a service to prevent “smishing,” the act of attempting to acquire personal information such as passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity through text messages, by sending out “AhnLab Smishing Alarm” in its social networking [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The two-way TV program combining the homegrown technology of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) with smartphone technology is attracting keen attention from overseas content buyers. QBS, a TV station specializing in sending terrestrial TV signals through DMB channels, said on November 12 that its in-house program “Homo Applicus” will be presented [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transportation has published an architecture textbook for elementary school children. Titled “My First Architecture Book,” it is intended to motivate the youths to be interested in architecture at an early age. It took three full years for the ministry to publish the book since 2011 [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 11 (Korea Bizwire) - What’s New Trend Inc., a research firm focusing on latest trends in technology and marketing, said the new trends to emerge in 2014 would be like a dumbbell with heavy weights on both sides. T hat means there will be desire to have extremely individualized experience on one side and longing [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 11 (Korea Bizwire) - The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and Samsung C&T will sign on November 11 an agreement to work together in building apartments with community-based childcare facilities and smart offices for parents who must stay home to care for children. Under the terms of the pact, the construction contractor will build [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 08 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor, in cooperation with the National Museum of Contemporary Art, is set to begin a corporate social responsibility program to support Korean artists and globally promote their artworks. The auto maker said on November 7 that it would give to the national museum a total of 12 billion won [...]