SEOUL, Sep. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics brings down the price tag of its 55-inch curved OLED television — down to 3.99 million won, a quarter of its previous model’s list price. The new five-millimeter-thick TV is equipped with Web operating system with enhancement of more UI-friendly features. Furthermore, the high-definition model offers a [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics announced on September 24 that it launched a new air purifier targeting the Chinese consumers. The round-shaped product was previously rolled out in the domestic market in March, gaining huge popularity from Korean consumers. The world leading electronics company refurbished its air purifier to make it more [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyun Bin, a Korean heartthrob starring in many popular dramas including “My name is Kim Sam-soon” and “Secret Garden,” received a special birthday present from his fans around the world. “HB International,” a world-wide fan club comprised of international fans from Korea, Japan and Hong Kong, decided to [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Forest Service signed a cooperation agreement with the Natural Resources Canada to put in concerted effort in the field of forestry. Under the terms of the agreement reached on September 22, the two countries will share useful information on sustainable forest management, exchange forestry experts and encourage [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — LG CNS announced that it won a tender for the supply of 330,000 units of Advanced Metering Infrastructure and the installation of its system at the price of 48 billion won, or about US$46 million, from Tauron Dystrybucja S.A., the largest electric utility in Poland. The infrastructure is a smart meter [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — United Parcel Service, one of the largest shipment and logistics companies in the world, announced on September 23 that it newly expanded its hub center located in Incheon International Airport, occupying over 9,000 square meters, a 60 percent increase in size. UPS Korea expects that the expanded center will [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Kyobo Books announced on September 23 that it revamped its bestseller ranking system to eradicate the habit of stockpiling books to be listed as bestsellers in the publishing industry. The Korea’s biggest bookstore decided to include the cumulative sales volume to overcome shortcomings of the current ranking system, which is [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean government and the ruling Saenuri party laid out a plan on September 23 that they would provide the local drivers who buy low emission vehicles with a handsome US$3,000 subsidy. The government and the party decided to postpone the implementation of a low carbon vehicle incentive scheme [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans are likely to drink more coffee than any other food. As the consumption of coffee has increased, calorie intake from coffee has quadrupled for ten years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Korea surveying 3,805 adults over the age of 19 announced that Korean people drank [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — KakaoTalk, a multi-platform mobile messenger application company in South Korea, announced on September 23 that more than 500,000 users have joined its new mobile payment service KakaoPay only in 19 days right after the launch on September 5. Indicating an upward surge in the newly launched mobile payment solution, [...]