SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea Exchange Bank said on June 10 that it is currently preparing for introducing a chip guard display card that allows the card user to take control of the IC chip embedded in her credit card or debit card as a way to address the security issue with the merchant [...]
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SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The June 4 elections had widely been expected to be quiet and uneventful in the wake of the Sewol ferry incident three weeks ago. The elections were completed without any foul play or controversy. As many as 23,465,000 went to the booth out of 41,296,000 registered voters, with the final [...]
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SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean women’s favorite height for men is on average 177cm. That much women are favoring tall men. As much as women are attracted to men with tall height, there are men who get stressed with heights. However, there is a supplementary product concealing their weakness. That is the height increaser [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) – As the discussion on redesignating enterprise types fit for small business owners begins again in earnest after three years, controversies are expected as to which business areas will be affected and how much the regulation will be expanded. Until now, a number of unintended consequences have occurred, including mid-sized franchisers [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) – An exhibition on environmental products and services will be held for four days between June 10 and 13. The Ministry of Environment said on June 9 that the ENVEX 2014, the International Exhibition on Environmental Technology and Green Energy, will be open at KOEX in Seoul’s Gangnam. The 36th event [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) – “Yacht & Boat Korea,” an international boat show hosted by South Gyeongsang Province and Changwon City of Korea, took a big step forward to its goal of becoming an internationally-renowned maritime convention as it was admitted to the International Federation of Boat Show Organizers (IFBSO). Up until now, the boat show [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Beast, a six-member boy group, released a music video “No More,” a title track of its sixth mini album “Good Luck.” Upon pre-release of the track on June 10, it swept the No. 1 rank of eight music charts including Melon, Bugs, Soribada and Naver Music. “No More” is a ballad [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Preparing for a big battle prior to the forthcoming world soccer event in Brazil, Samsung Electronics began a unique TV marketing promotion in which various products including the Curved UHD TV, Smart Air-conditioner, Chef Collection Refrigerator, Galaxy S5 and Gear Fit are featured together. In it, Samsung introduced a new commercial [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom will step into the Chinese “Smart Class” market with a strategic partnership with China’s Zhongqing Group providing smart class solution to 1,300 classes in China. The largest mobile carrier in Korea announced on June 8 the agreement with the China’s IT education and Smart Class provider and that the two [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The days of credit card may be on the wane in Korea. The total number of credit cards outstanding this year has declined below the level of 100 million, with the number of dormant credit card accounts approaching 10 million. According to the Financial Supervisory Service on June 6, the [...]