SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — On May 10, exactly one year after the hospitalization of Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee from a stroke, workers in Korea’s largest business group posted numerous get-well messages on Samsung’s intranet portal “My Single,” and its in-house media portal, “Media Samsung.” In the login page of My Single, users uploaded words [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean scientists successfully developed an eco-friendly artificial photosynthesis system that can create hydrogen energy using only visible light and water. The team led by professor Nam Ki-tae of Seoul National University announced on May 10 that it had succeeded in developing a system for generating hydrogen energy easily and cheaply by [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea’s equestrian industry is growing, as more Koreans are riding or raising horses as a hobby. According to a report published by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) on May 10, the number of horses raised in Korea in 2014 was 25,819, a 5.5 percent increase [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Two out of three Koreans diagnosed with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) in 2013 are teenagers, according to a report by the National Health Insurance Service published on May 10. Among 58,121 who were diagnosed with ADHD in 2013, 65.9 percent (or 38,307) of them, were teenagers. Men were four [...]
TORONTO, ONTARIO, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — BMO Financial Group will announce its second quarter 2015 financial results and hold its investor community conference call on Wednesday, May 27, 2015. Financial results will be issued in a news release at approximately 7:30 a.m. EDT. Investor Community Conference Call Time: 2:00 p.m. EDT The conference call [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Volkswagen’s Tiguan sport utility vehicle ranked first in terms of cumulative sales in South Korea this year, reflecting its growing popularity among local customers for its relatively high fuel efficiency and affordable price, industry data showed Tuesday. Volkswagen sold a total of 3,454 units of the Tiguan 2.0 TDI BlueMotion [...]
“We are strongly protesting that (the newspaper) looked into only about 150 salons, which is an extremely small part of a total of some 6,000 shops, and carried a biased report that only highlighted extremely bad parts about them.” “Most Korean-run businesses are not engaged in such nonsense things as racial discrimination and ethnic caste [...]
SEJONG, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major economic indicators are showing signs of slow improvement, signaling the economy is pulling out of a funk during the fourth quarter of last year, the finance ministry said Tuesday. The ministry, however, cautioned that Asia’s fourth-largest economy remains gripped by such external uncertainties as a weak Japanese [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A forthcoming South Korean TV soap starring heartthrob Kim Soo-hyun will go into service on the Chinese portal website Sohu.com later this week, according to sources familiar with the show Monday. “As Sohu.com, the operator of the popular Chinese Internet portal, took part in the project as an investor, it has [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor and its smaller affiliate, Kia Motors, reclaimed the top spot in the subcompact vehicle market in the United States in April for the first time in four months, industry data showed Monday. According to Autodata, a U.S. auto research company, the two Korean automakers sold a combined 11,010 [...]