SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Smart technology is even coming to handbags. Couronne, Kolon Industry’s designer handbag brand, announced on June 17 that it would hold a presale event for its “Smart Bag 1.0: Glimm” from June 17 to 30. The smart handbag adopted Internet of Things technologies including NFC and Bluetooth, and shows the [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Almost eight of 10 Koreans think that data-oriented rate plans will have no effect on their phone bills, according to the People’ Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD), who announced the results from a survey about the rate plans conducted in partnership with Woori Research on June 17. In May, [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) – North Jeolla Province is making 1 billion won annually from a windfarm of 10 wind turbines installed near a seawall. According to the provincial government, it earned a total of 11.3 billion won (US$10 million) since it installed the wind turbines at the Gunjang Industrial Complex seawall in 2002. The [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Over the past 10 years, Seoul has expanded the size of it green space with trees by 669 hectares or 3.2 times the size of Yeouido, thanks to eco-friendly policies to preserve and increase forest cover. According to a biotope map released by the Seoul Metropolitan Government on June [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) – As the number of marriages via international marriage brokers increases, lawsuits asking courts to annul marital statuses over inheritance disputes are also increasing. Of particular note, when foreign brides take a long time to come to Korea or get married to Korean men to acquire Korean nationality, they are [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Motors, South Korea’s second-largest carmaker, said Thursday it has been named the best among non-premium brands in a U.S. quality test this year. The automaker received the lowest tally of 86 points in the Initial Quality Study by J.D. Power and Associates, improving by 20 points from a [...]
SEJONG, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s antitrust watchdog said Thursday that it has started a probe to determine if local multiplex theaters engage in unfair trade practices that hurt consumers. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said it is trying to determine if CJ CGV, Lotte Cinema and Megabox forced customers to view extended advertisements and made [...]
CHEONGJU, Korea, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – A huge flock of white herons inhabiting a hill behind a middle school in Cheongju is annoying the school’s students and teachers. According to Cheongju Nam Middle School, hundreds of white herons are living on the hill behind its annex hall. Photographers and passers-by marvel at the group dance of [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Family court judges and youth experts have prepared a special healing program comprised of walking and counselling to help reduce repeated offenses for troubled youth. The Daejeon Family Court announced that it would begin the 12-day walking tour to Mount Jiri together with the juvenile criminals. The 10 youth offenders [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – As news of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) dominates the country, medical staff fighting against the deadly virus are suffering from discrimination from their neighbors who are afraid of being infected by them. There is a widespread trend of people treating medical staff as possible MERS patients or ostracizing [...]