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SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of new vehicles sold to the Korean millennial generation has continuously dropped over the past four years. The Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association announced on August 26 that the percentage of autos purchased by those in their 20s amounted to 8 percent in the first half of this year, down [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) - Womanstalk, a video-based e-commerce site made for the first time in Korea, plans to partner with Lazada Philippines, the so-called a Southeast Asian version of Amazon, to reach out to Southeast Asian consumers starting from Malaysia and Singapore in mid-September. Sales volume of Korean products purchased by people in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Twitter Korea launched new types of advertising aimed for a bigger pie in South Korea’s increasingly lucrative advertising market — in the mobile sector in particular. Twitter Korea hosted the #Twitter4Brands event on August 28, bringing together leading Korean marketers, to demonstrate new marketing and examples of successful uses of Twitter. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Facebook has regulated access of Korean users to its game service, causing inconvenience to them. That is because the South Korean government has put a brake on its betting games Korean Facebook users have played. According to the Digital Times on August 27, the social networking company has blocked access of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics announced on August 27 that it installed its Smart Signage TVs in the BMW Driving Center, the first such center in Asia, in Yeongjong Island where Incheon International Airport is located. The Smart Signage TV, an LED-lit TV with an embedded HDTV tuner, media player and Wi-Fi, enables [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Gangwon Province plans to build a “coffee theme park” in Chuncheon. Gangwon governor Choi Mun-sun and Chuncheon mayor Choi Dong-yong signed an agreement with Tom N Toms Coffee, a Korean specialty coffee chain with 400 branches in Korea and 27 locations abroad, on August 28. The coffee franchiser reportedly plans [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – A technology to prevent chain reaction crashes has been developed. The technology gives a vehicle behind a warning alert when a car ahead stops suddenly. The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute announced on August 26 that the state-run institute and Ranix, a semiconductor chip developer, have successfully developed a core [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Daewoo Engineering & Construction announced on August 27 that it won a tender for the construction of Kazungula Bridge connecting Zambia and Botswana at the price of US$161 million, equivalent to 163 billion won. The construction contractor will build a bridge crossing the Zambezi River running along the border in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – According to the Korean Film Council, Begin Again ranked No. 3 in Korean box office on August 25, bringing in 38,870 admissions, following The Pirates and The Admiral: Roaring Currents, both of which are Korean films. Begin Again directed by John Carney, starring Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Adam Levine, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung SDS, the IT services affiliate of the leading conglomerate Samsung Group, reportedly applied for preliminary listing approval on the South Korean stock exchange. The company is now considered as a big shot in the initial public offering market this year. The IT company is planned to obtain fast-track [...]