SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea ranks 25th among the world’s most prosperous nations. The Legatum Institute’s 2014 Prosperity Index measures a total of eight categories that show how nations perform in the areas of economy, education, health, personal freedom, safety and security, entrepreneurship, social capital and governance. South Korea came 25th in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – KT announced on November 3 that it would launch five types of Olleh LTE data mobile vouchers. The gift cards can be easily purchased when a subscriber needs more data bundles. There are five types of vouchers depending on the data capacity from 100MB to 5GB. The cards expire [...]
HONOLULU, HI, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Hawaii’s favorite gourmet shortbread cookies, a time-honored gift tradition baked fresh daily by the Honolulu Cookie Company, provide the warmth of Aloha in every bite. On November 4, the 2014 Holiday Collection of pineapple-shaped cookies arrives in stores and online at HonoluluCookie.com. These crisp, buttery treats in Hawaiian [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Mr. Pizza plans to enter the Philippine’s dining market, following China and the United States. MPK Group, the owner of the renowned pizza franchise, announced on November 2 that it signed an agreement with WCGC on October 30. WCGC is a large Filipino dining company, running a lot of popular [...]
“For two days on Saturday and Sunday [November 1 and 2], it is regrettable that some mobile phone retail outlets paid illegal subsidies to iPhone 6 buyers who had to wait for hours in long lines. We will make sure this kind of unfortunate incident will not happen again by using all means possible.” “There [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Kia Motors announced that it would launch a paper toy product in celebration of the first birthday of its brand mascots “Enzy and Friends.” It plans to provide customers visiting a Kia dealership with their kindergarteners or elementary school kids with the souvenir from November 3 until all the toys [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Last weekend, a 100,000 won, or about US$93, iPhone 6 swept Seoul. As soon as the information on its flash sale hit the street, people who have craved for the new Apple phone started waiting in long lines to obtain the much less expensive one. A new law intended [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics announced on November 2 that its sales of 55-inch curved organic light-emitting diode television hit the record of 1,000 units within a month of its launch. The price tag of the product is 3.99 million won, or about US$3700, quartered from 15 million won of the previous [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics on October 31 opened its first official “Samsung Galaxy Life Store” at the Place, a popular shopping mall in Beijing, China. The tech giant’s flagship store will serve as a new type of marketing platform where Chinese consumers can order a cup of coffee while toying with [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of the People’s Republic of China will soon announce a new regulation on foreign drama contents available on the Internet. Once the rule is in place, it would put a damper on the popularity of Korean dramas in China. [...]