SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Institute of Environmental Research have conducted a study entitled the “Analysis of the Bullfrog, an Invasive Species in the Ecosystem of Korea” from April to August this year only to find that the frog eats a total of 61 species of living creatures. Researchers captured 129 bullfrogs [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Daum Communications launched a new type of news service which makes news by utilizing crowdfunding on the Internet. The new scheme called news funding raises money from many people on the Internet to produce news items. On its website (http://m.newsfund.media.daum.net/), people contribute some money to good ideas that they want [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — According to a report on public health published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Korea, men in their 30s are most prone to be obese while women in their 60s are most likely to have obesity problems. Even though 47.1 percent of South Korean men are obese, [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Park Won-soon, the Mayor of Seoul City, met with “Star Trek” producer Jeffrey Chernov and director of “Star Trek 3” Roberto Orci on September 28 at the Paramount Pictures Studio in Los Angeles to attract them to shoot a film in Seoul. And Mayor Park’s effort came to a [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Dontalk, a new player in the mobile messenger market, has been welcomed by privacy-conscious consumers as the government has launched a new department responsible for investigating false information circulating on the Internet. Dontalk, developed by messaging app provider Brinicle, is equipped with many distinctive functions to protect privacy, one [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Following a museum in the Space Group building inaugurated last month, three new museums plan to open in Top-dong and Dongmun-dong in Jeju Island by Kim Chang-il, an art collector and founder of Arario Galleries. An old cinema, a bike shop and a motel are expected to be transformed [...]
![[Quote] Fund Online Korea to Become Consumer Oriented Platform in Fund Market](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/31691842_m.jpg "[Quote] Fund Online Korea to Become Consumer Oriented Platform in Fund Market")
“Even though it has been only 100 days since the online store for funds was launched, more than 23,000 subscribers have already made use of our online service. In particular, those who want to prepare their post-retirement life or to increase assets in the long term are likely to use the service focusing on long-term [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — It is reported that one in five South Koreans can’t go to hospital. While the number of those who are not able to go to hospital is continuously decreasing, the number of people who can’t go to clinic due to lack of money is rising. According to a report [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics announced that it would phase out of selling laptops including Chromebooks in Europe. Instead, the world’s leading electronics company decided to concentrate on selling tablets to European customers. According to market analysts, the electronics affiliate of Korea’s largest conglomerate plans to wash its hands of the unprofitable [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — It is reported that Jessica, a member of Girls’ Generation, has been forced out. Jessica posted a message in both English as well as Korean on her Sina Weibo on September 30, saying, “I was excited about our upcoming fan events only to shockingly be informed by my company [...]