SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Greenland Holding Group, a China-based business group, plans to invest additional 600 billion won, or about US$587 million, in the healthcare town in Jeju Island. Jeju Free International City Development Center (JDC) announced on August 19 that JDC and Greenland Holding signed a 600-billion-won agreement on the development of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Daum Communications announced on August 19 that it would launch a service to search ingredients in beauty products for the first time. Joining with a firm providing an app service, Hwa Hae, which has a huge database of 8,400 chemicals in cosmetic products, the Daum portal site created the browsing [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning announced on August 18 that transferring flexible and scalable nanopillar arrays on a variety of unconventional substrates including fabric, paper and metals is achieved by a joint research team of Dr. Lee Seok-jae from the National Nanofab Center and Prof. Nicholas Kotov [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Police plan to clone a superior breed of dogs to use them as police dogs. The National Police Agency said on August 18 that it has set aside 1 billion won, or about US$980,000, in its budget to duplicate 40 K-9 dogs after a year of preparation. “Only South Korea [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – “So, you mean you like masculine guys. Actually, I’m quite studly. Want to see?” As soon as a man hangs up the phone, he starts to work out, lifting weights and doing push-ups. But there cannot be six packs. So he sucks in his stomach and throws out his [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Hanwha Engineering & Construction holds its place as an environmentally friendly construction company with its “Green Certification” in both areas of the construction environment and the water treatment program. On August 13, Hanwha E&C announced that its indoor lighting system using natural sunlight, the super-insulated window system and membrane bioreactor [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Although the employment permit scheme for foreign workers has marked its 10th anniversary, it is still under debate between the government and human rights advocacy groups. The government said the system has worked well for improving the management of foreign workers, while the advocacy groups criticized that the system [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A report published by the Korea Development Institute found that those who are likely to compare themselves with other people are vulnerable to conspicuous consumption and have less satisfaction with their life. But this tendency could also make them donate more as a way to show off their generosity. The [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Paynow Plus offered by LG Uplus seems to lead the online payment service market. On August 13, LG Uplus announced that it launched a new online payment service, which met the strict standards set by the Financial Supervisory Service in terms of authentication and payment processes, security and safety, and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – On August 13, WeMB, a total business solution provider, announced that it launched a portal site for seniors called Senior Portal 50+ Seoul. Commissioned by the Seoul Metropolitan government, the site is designed, for the first time, for senior citizens, providing comprehensive lifestyle services. It offers the following four [...]