SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan District Court surprised its three of employees by awarding them best-employee plaques on which three beautifully made pop-art style portraits of them were printed. On April 8, Ma Young-hee, Jung Jong-hoon and Kwon Tae-won were announced as the recipients of the awards, and received three pieces of [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — EXO‘s Chinese member Ray will be fully backed by SM Entertainment for his solo career in China, as the company has established an agency solely dedicated to the artist’s work, according to an announcement on April 8. The agency, named Ray Workshop, will be operated under a contract between [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Before the anticipated release of Samsung’s Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge, research firm DOOIT published a survey involving 4,808 Koreans about their interest in Samsung’s new devices. In terms of the most appealing feature of the two devices, 23.2 percent of the respondents picked the devices’ wireless charging system, [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of civilian victims from the Vietnam War participated in a rally in Korea, which was held to push for a resolution of the sex slave issue between Korea and Japan, on April 8 in front of the Japanese Embassy in Jongno, Seoul. Nguyên Thi Thanh, who [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean entertainment giant CJ E&M said Thursday it will produce a Web drama starring two K-pop artists managed by YG Entertainment – girl group 2NE1‘s Sandara Park and boy group Winner‘s Kang Seung-yoon. Based on a Webtoon of the same title, the drama, “We’re Separated,” will portray the country’s younger generation [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s financial regulator said Thursday that Internet-only banks are expected to be launched in South Korea in 2015 as it is working on detailed measures to encourage big name IT firms like Naver and Daum Kakao to invest in the online banking industry. Under the current financial laws, a [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s presence in the global market for dynamic random access memory (DRAM) hit a record high last year, data showed Thursday, as Samsung Electronics continued to secure its seat on the throne on the back of its latest 20-nanometer products. Asia’s fourth-largest economy took up 67.7 percent of the [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) – After the big hit of Honey Butter Chips in Korea later last year, Korean retailers and manufacturers are expanding “honey marketing” by adding honey to existing products from food and drinks such as snacks, milk, coffee, ice cream, bread, fried chicken and noodles to cosmetics products. Market observers see [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) – It is commonly known that the department stores are the exclusive domain of women. However, the fact is that Korean men also enjoy shopping at luxurious stores, and their numbers are increasing. In addition, as more women are turning to overseas direct purchases or online shopping malls, retail giants [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) – To facilitate foreign investment in its Saemangeum project, the Korean government plans to ease related regulations concerning employment and usage of the land. On April 7, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Saemangeum Development Agency announced that a revised bill containing these changes had been approved. The [...]