HWASEONG, Korea, Dec 24 (Korea Bizwire) – All smartphones need a battery charger with a delicate connector. For this reason, there are many instances in which the connector gets mangled or worn out that requires expensive repairs. To address this problem, a company came up with a solution using the wireless charging pad. In partnership with [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Dec 23 (Korea Bizwire) – In the webtoon market hitherto dominated by large portals such as Naver and Daum, a new challenger has come in. Kartoon Cup, a service offered by Wholesee Inc., is set to change the general perception that all the cartoons available on the web are free of charge and will [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Dec 22 (Korea Bizwire) – What if a visually impaired tell sugar from salt when she prepares food. For a task that will take a few second for the sighted, the visually challenged may take much longer. To address this problem, BF Books, a publishing social enterprise, will hold a promotional event in which [...]
SEONGNAM, Korea, Dec 20 (Korea Bizwire) – korea’s largest telecom company KT said on December 19 that it would launch “Magic Voice,” the service that combines voice recognition technology with its “All-IP” service, jointly with Internet portal Daum Communications. With the Magic Voice service, the user can listen to music that best matches her state of mind [...]
INCHEON, Korea, Dec 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Amid a protracted downturn in the overall housing market, there is one bright spot that has seen rapid growth lately. That’s the market for townhouses. Long considered a living arrangement exclusively for the wealthy, most townhouses in Korea are so expensive for middle class families as they are well [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Dec 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Double Heart, the baby goods brand of Yuhan-Kimberly, has opened a nursing mothers room within the visitors’ center in Seoul Forest. Given the public park is largest in Seoul with more than 7 million visitors a year, the new nursing room within the premises will be a welcome change [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Dec 19 (Korea Bizwire) – SmartHouse, a cloud-based web application provider, said on December 18 that it has launched an employee attendance tracking service using the smartphone. As old smartphones can be used as near-field communication terminals, there is no need to purchase dedicated terminals that cost 200,000 to 300,000 won each. All the [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Dec 18 (Korea Bizwire) – In a 1987 movie “Wings of Desire,” there is a scene in which an angel reads a human’s mind by putting his hand on the person’s shoulder. Then the person is instantly comforted from her distress and regains hope. Just like in the movie, the same idea has been [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Dec 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Beginning with “Run Hani” that attracted children to the TV in the 1980s, there have been so many cartoon series in print and on the Internet that won the hearts and minds of our children, including “Princess Hours,” “God Bless,” and “Miseng.” On the uphill road to Mt. Nam [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Dec 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The Arts Council Korea, an organization under the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, said on December 16 that it would kick off a campaign “One Step to Art” (onesteptoart.org) showing how art patronage could change the lives of the underprivileged. The campaign, consisting entirely of web promotion, steers [...]