SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) – E-mail contents hinting that a Korean spy agency illegally hacked into the personal computer of a lawyer through an Italian hacking firm have been disclosed by WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks made public the leaked e-mail data through its Twitter feed, indicating that Hacking Team installed a hacking program on the lawyer’s computer [...]
SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Sooam Biotech Research Foundation and renowned stem cell researcher Hwang Woo-suk have entered into a legal battle with another Korean scientist, Park Se-pil of Jeju National University, over the ownership of a core technology for mammoth cloning. Recently, Professor Park made an astonishing scientific discovery by successfully reanimating the somatic [...]
CHEONGJU, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) – One thousand Cheongju citizens participated in an unusual performance featuring white and pink umbrellas to wish for the success of the forthcoming Cheongju International Craft Biennale. With the theme of “First Blossom”, the organizing committee of the biennale filmed a video showing a flower blooming with the umbrellas in pixel [...]
SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) – BMW Korea will sell five limited edition models to commemorate its 20th anniversary. The limited editions will be applied to the 120d M Sports Package, 320d M Performance, 530d xDrive M Sports Package, New 640d Gran Coupe xDrive M Sports Package and X5 xDrive 30d M Sports Package. Each model [...]
SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Large areas of seabed in the East Sea are turning grey with calcium compounds. According to the Korea Fisheries Resources Agency (FIRA), 62 percent of the East Sea shore is suffering from the sea desertification. With sea desertification, marine algae such as sea mustard, kelp and so on disappear, [...]
SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Many K-pop stars come and go, with only a handful staying on the scene in the long run. Super Junior is among the rare few who debuted a decade ago and still has a large following at home and in other Asian countries. The band released “Devil,” a special album [...]
SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) — With the rise of “My Little Television” — an MBC variety show that communicates with its viewers via a live chat room — more TV networks are getting on the “real-time” bandwagon. “My Little Television,” endearingly known as “Maritel” here, features celebrities producing their own segments and talking to viewers [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) – An eco-friendly rubber duck that looks exactly like the one which was exhibited at Seokchon Lake in Seoul, gaining much popularity as an icon of “healing” last fall, is being displayed in downtown Seoul. The Citizens’ Movement for Environmental Justice, a civil advocacy group, announced that it would display the [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) – After news of a Chinese state-owned company’s bid to take over US chipmaker Micron Technologies surfaced, Korean semiconductor makers like SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics saw painful losses to their share prices. On July 14, Samsung Electronics declined 3.24 percent to 1,225,000 won, marking the biggest daily loss since May 27, [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Japan has imposed a de facto import ban on Korean flatfish, after the detection of Kudoa parasites at some flatfish farms in Korea. According to the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries of Korea, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and Fisheries Agency of Japan designated 28 flatfish farms in [...]