SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Kim Dong-Jun, a member of Korean 9 member boy band ZE:A, has been cast as a lead in a web-drama of Korean and Chinese production, said Kim’s agency Star Empire Entertainment on February 26. The web-drama entitled ‘About Love’ will be a two-part romantic comedy. ‘Secret Love’ and ‘Milky Love’ will [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Following the decision of South Korea’s Constitutional Court to repeal an anti-adultery law on February 26, some are downright angry with the decision, while others are expressing concern. Two Korean Confucianist organizations and a priest from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea (CBCK) shared their individual and organizational opinions on the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO E&C has confirmed to have exposed illegal fundraising of about 10 billion won (US$ 9.1 million) by executive members of the company’s Vietnam branch, on February 26. Judicial authorities are likely to launch a formal investigation, since Prime Minister Lee Wan-goo has ordered further examination of the case. The company [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) ― With the world’s largest mobile industry event, Mobile World Congress (MWC), set to begin next week in Barcelona, LG Electronics (LG) today announced the global rollout of its eagerly anticipated curved smartphone, G Flex2. Major carriers in the United States, Hong Kong, Singapore, France, Germany and the U.K. will be [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales at South Korea’s discount outlets and department stores continued to drop from a year earlier in January, but the decline was largely due to a base effect from the Lunar New Year’s holiday, the government said Wednesday. In January, combined sales at the country’s three major discount outlet [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A rather unexpected hazing ritual has taken place at a Korean university. Senior students from the Department of Dental Hygiene at Chung Cheong University in the city of Cheongju brushed and flossed clean, very gently, the teeth of freshman students on February 24. This special welcoming ceremony of oral hygiene care [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Motor Show is scheduled to be held at KINTEX in Ilsan from April 2 to 12 and will feature 33 newly launched cars including 6 models that the world will see for the first time. According to the Seoul Motor Show’s organizing committee, 24 global motor companies, 9 Korean [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean companies afforested a total of 43,182 ha in eight countries last year. According to the Korea Forest Service’s report on February 24, these companies have contributed to reforestation in Indonesia, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, the Solomon Islands, New Zealand, Paraguay and Uruguay. The 43,182 ha figure was an increase of 23 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — CJ Korea Express, CJ Group’s logistics arm, has failed in its takeover bid for APL Logistics, allegedly due to group chairman Lee Jae-Hyun’s absence, which has been ongoing for two years now. Lee Jae-Hyun is currently hospitalized, with the Seoul High Court’s verdict on him still effective. He was sentenced to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Many Korean employees consider themselves as indispensable assets of their companies. According to job search company Byeoruk Sijang’s survey conducted on 1,124 employees, 76.4 percent of the respondents answered that they are irreplaceable individuals at their companies. The respondents also gave scores for their accomplishments at work. On a 100 point [...]