“I used to write history drama screenplays before writing for contemporary dramas and at the time I read a passage in The Annals of the Joseon Dynasty that an unidentified flying object was witnessed in the sky 400 years ago, which piqued my interest. Since that time on, I have wanted to write a story [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – As Samsung Electronics deepens its relationship with Facebook, industry observers wonder what kind of output will come out of this tie-up. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, with 40 or so top managers of his company including COO Sheryl Sandberg, visited Korea on October 14 and spent two days with executives of [...]
![[Infographic] All about Allergic Rhinitis](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/allergic-thumbnail.jpg "[Infographic] All about Allergic Rhinitis")
SEOUL, Oct.17 (Korea Bizwire) – At the turning of seasons, many health concerns such as seasonal affective disorder (SAD) are likely to vex your mental and physical wellness. Seasonal depression in the winter and summer season is one of the psychologically affective disorders. Seasonal allergic rhinitis is also an important troublemaker during the change of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom said on October 16 that it will debut a commercial service of “Wizturn Exhibition,” the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacon-based indoor navigation technology for exhibition visitors that makes it easier for them to walk around booths, for the first time at the World IT Show 2014 to be held [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute announced on October 15 that it has developed an indoor positioning system working in indoor environments such as shopping malls. The indoor navigation utilizes applications in smartphones to gather maps inside a building and process the information automatically to keep track of the user’s location. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Jeju District Prosecutors’ Office said on October 15 that it indicted 30 suspects on charges of animal abuse and insurance fraud. Of these, 24 were prosecuted without detention including a veterinarian and horse stable keepers who were accomplices to the crimes. According to the charge sheet, the perpetrators intentionally killed a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – From now on, users of check cards (or debit cards) will be able to get their refunds right away within one business day, instead of three to six days presently. According to credit card industry sources on October 15, the five credit card companies including Shinhan, KB, Samsung, Lotte, and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – As much as 10 percent of all stocks held by the owner families of top-30 conglomerates is being pledged as collateral for their loans with banks and other financial institutions. Of these, the collateral-to-stock ratios of seven business groups including Doosan, Dongbu, and Hanjin were in excess of 50 percent while [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Cultural Properties Research Institute under the Cultural Heritage Administration said that it discovered remnants of ancient red beans in a recent archaeological survey in Yangyang, Gangwon Province. The field probe was conducted jointly with researchers at the Prehistory Museum in Osan-ri. According to the scientists who participated in the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – A Parliamentary Inspection revealed that an average of one in five foreign investors turned out to be those establishing corporations in tax havens. Authorities suspected that a large number of these potential tax evaders are Korean nationals disguised as foreign investors. According to Congressman Lee Sang-jik (New Politics Alliance for [...]