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[Stats] Consumer Claims on Cleaning Robot

[Related Article] 50% of Robotic Cleaner Users Are Unsatisfied (Korea Bizwire, April 24) A consumer who purchased an automated vacuum cleaner in July last year, asked for a refund after catching the robotic cleaner stuck in one corner of the house unable to roam around and clean the entire floor as it was supposed to do. [...]

[Stats] Koreans Viewed by Advanced Countries

[Related Article] How Foreigners Visualize Korea: Samsung and High-tech to Be Reminded of First (Korea Bizwire, April 24) About a half of the people in developed countries named “Samsung” and “high-tech” as the words best describing Korea. On April 23, the Institute for International Trade, the research arm of the Korea International Trade Association said that [...]

[Stats] Perception of Korea:How Advanced Nations Visualize Korean Society

Korean Researchers Develop High-performance Transparent Electronic Memory Cell

SEOUL, Korea, April 24, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – A team of Korean researchers have succeeded in developing a technology to manufacture transparent electronic memory cells that have the transmittance level above 80 percent of visible rays based on reduced graphene oxide (RGO). Kim Tae-geun, professor at Korea University, jointly with Kim Hee-Dong and other three [...]

High-tech Location Tracking Beeper Introduced to Prevent Children Missing

SEOUL, Korea, April 24, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – May is the month of families and this year will be no different in that so many families would take trips to the outdoors. But so many children go missing every year. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the number of the missing including the [...]

Life Insurers to Face Big Losses from Not Paying Suicide Benefits

SEOUL, Korea, April 22, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Amid a series of scandals involving insurance companies, another has burst out. This time it is life insurance companies most of which have not paid out benefits for suicide victims. Even though their insurance policies clearly promised they would pay even in the case of suicide, they [...]

[Kobiz Stats] The Number of Test Takers for the 34th TOPIK

[Related Article] “TOPIK” Applicant Numbers Hit Record-high Level (Korea Bizwire, April 22) The number of test taker of the TOPIK, or the Test of Proficiency in Korean, has hit a record-high level. The Ministry of Education and the National Institute for International Education said on April 20 that a total of 72,079 applicants took the [...]

“TOPIK” Applicant Numbers Hit Record-high Level

SEOUL, Korea, April 22, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of test taker of the TOPIK, or the Test of Proficiency in Korean, has hit a record-high level. The Ministry of Education and the National Institute for International Education said on April 20 that a total of 72,079 applicants took the TOPIK test held on [...]

Korea in Collective Grief Affecting Whole Businesses After Ferry Disaster

SEOUL, Korea, April 22, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Since the ferry sinking incident on April 16 that caused 105 confirmed deaths with 197 still missing as of noon of April 22, the nation’s consumption has dropped to one of the lowest levels. According to credit card companies, the volume of credit card transactions for the [...]

[Kobiz Stats] Billing Amount of Top 5 Ad Agencies

[Related Article] Big Ad Projects Wide Open for Outside Agencies in Korea’s B2B Market (Korea Bizwire, April 21) Ever since a top conglomerate in Korea decided to let advertising agencies outside their league of affiliates bid for their projects, it has been pitching and tossing in the ad world. The agencies affiliated with the big [...]