SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom said on June 16 that it has signed an agreement with Korea Expressway Corp. to share big data with each other and create useful information out of these. The latest pact involves sharing big data provided by Geovision, SK Telecom’s commercial zone analysis tool, and highway usage data held [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The summer has come earlier than usual this year. Beginning in early May there were many days with temperature over 30 degrees Celsius. Even though many families have already installed air-conditioners or electric fans in preparation for unseasonably warm days, some people may not like the artificial cool in favor of [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Hanil Express, the company specializing in maritime passenger and cargo transportation, said on June 16 that it has held a safety check on its Hanil Car Ferry No. 1 including 40 life rafts off Yeosu. In its 2014 regular annual safety checkup, the company inspected all the 40 rafts by putting [...]
![[Feature] 4th Olleh International Smartphone Film Festival to Be Held in September](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/25208683_m-800x533.jpg "[Feature] 4th Olleh International Smartphone Film Festival to Be Held in September")
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) – It has been years since the smartphone has become an integral part of our everyday life. Already in the areas of finance, technology, culture, and sports, the impact was felt deeply. Now it’s the art world’s turn to embrace the influence of the smartphone. In Korea, a country long proud [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) – A challenger at the dance audition program of “Dancing 9” season 2 received a lot of praises from the panel of judges. Dancing 9 of Mnet, an entertainment cable TV channel, returned, which got reviews that the program attracted audience’ eyes into dances like ballet and modern dancing and made [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The customs clearance procedure for goods bought from overseas online retailers will be simplified as of June 16. The Korea Customs Service announced on the 15th that it would introduce a new scheme from the next day for exempting the cumbersome import reporting process for goods worth less than US$100 (less [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The income of average Koreans has doubled for the past 20 or so years but the degree of income inequality has increased further for the same period. According to the National Statistical Office and the Korea Customs Service on June 15, the monthly real income of Korea’s urban households rose 85.4 [...]
![[Stats] Change of Major Preferences in Car Purchasing Plan](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Car-Purchasing-Plan.png "[Stats] Change of Major Preferences in Car Purchasing Plan")
Background of the hot sales of imported wheels lies their good fuel efficiency. According to a recent survey, imported cars attract domestic buyers with their higher fuel efficiency and they purchase foreign cars for that reason, while domestic cars appeal the buyers with their exterior looks and Korean consumers buy them due to lower prices. [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) – In an episode of MBC TV’s entertainment program “Infinite Challenge” which was broadcast on June 7, one of its members Park Myeong-su showed off his comic wave dance. The episode themed with “hunger,” the members had to find food by hunting or collecting in Seoul not by purchasing food from restaurants [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Hankook Tire held on June 10 a groundbreaking ceremony for a central research center at Daejeon’sDaedeok Science Park and announced a future vision for leapfrogging into a global top-tier tire brand. The R&D center will hire a total of 1,000 research staff at the center and strengthen its capabilities in basic [...]