SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – When visitors enter the philodendron sector of the Korea National Arboretum, their smartphones display information, including videos, about various kinds of vines. When they head to the ornamental tree sector, their smartphones can introduce new information related to ornamental trees. The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning will implement [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Pay, the proprietary mobile payment service developed by Samsung Electronics, will be introduced in its home market soon as a beta service. Samsung Card announced on July 6 that it would recruit beta testers for Samsung Pay until July 10. The beta testers will experience the Samsung Pay service [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Metropolitan Government will hold a festival at the Han River for its citizens to refresh themselves from the scorching summer. From July 17 to August 23, the Hangang (Han River) Summer Festival will offer various summer activities at its 11 parks alongside the river such as camping, a water park, [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – After four piranhas were found in a Korean reservoir for the first time in Korea, there is widespread worry about ecosystem disturbance and the possibility of attacks on humans by the South American freshwater fish. The piranhas were thought to be abandoned by someone who brought the fish to Korea [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — “Super Idol,” a TV audition show jointly produced by South Korea and China to train future idols will premiere next week in South Korea, a local producer said Tuesday. The first episode of the co-production between South Korean cable channel MBC Music and Chinese media company TV Zone will be broadcast [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics estimated Tuesday that its second-quarter operating income fell about 4 percent from a year earlier as weak sales of its newest smartphones fell shy of expectations. Operating profit reached 6.9 trillion won (US$6.13 billion) in the April-June period, down 4.03 percent from the 7.19 trillion won posted a [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A court has ordered the South Korean government to compensate a civilian who was injured in a traffic accident caused by a U.S. soldier on duty, court officials said Tuesday. The Seoul Central District Court handed down the ruling in favor of the South Korean victim and his insurance [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Yankee Stadium, the home of Major League Baseball’s New York Yankees, will install LED lighting from next season. KMW, a Korean LED lighting fixture manufacturer, announced on July 5 that it had entered into an agreement with the baseball club to replace its lighting with SUFA-X 1,000 watt LED lighting. [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – CJ Foodville has opened a bakery academy to develop a professional workforce in China. The academy, located in Wangjing SOHO, a landmark of Beijing, is equipped with two lecture rooms, five laboratories and an office, and can house up to 200 trainees. CJ Foodville will deploy trainees educated at [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – As the OLED TV market is growing fast with almost 400,000 units expected to be sold this year, LG Electronics is leading the way with an overwhelming share of almost 90 percent. According to DisplaySearch data quoted by the Institute for Information and Communications Technology Promotion on July 5, the OLED [...]