SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics‘ Galaxy S6 Edge is more fragile than Apple‘s iPhone 6 Plus, which sparked the so-called “Bendgate” dispute for bending easily, a U.S. device repair firm said Monday, creating worries among Samsung fans awaiting the phone’s launch scheduled for this week. “The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge deformed at 110 [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top conglomerates spent more on research and development and intellectual property to seek new growth engines in 2014, while cutting back on facility-related investments, a report showed Sunday. A total of 274 firms belonging to the country’s 30 largest business groups injected 35.31 trillion won (US$32.31 billion) into [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea said Sunday it has opened an interim diplomatic mission on a Navy destroyer in waters off the Gulf of Aden to help support the safety of Korean residents who opted to stay in conflict-hit Yemen. The Joint Chiefs of Staff said that an ad hoc diplomatic office was [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Three South Korean state-run energy companies have suffered billions of dollars in losses from overseas resources development projects since 2003, the state audit agency said Friday. The outcome by the Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea (BAI) comes as prosecutors are probing several local firms for alleged embezzlement [...]
“The relationship is still far from full restoration, given that the leaders from the two nations have not held a summit. But as bilateral exchanges have increased, I think that the relationship is moving toward the restoration to a great extent.” “I sense that the atmosphere within the Abe administration seems to have changed a [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean pop superstar BoA, who marks the 15th anniversary of her debut in the local market this year, will soon release a new album, her agency said Friday. This will be her first album since “Only One,” which hit the local music market in July 2012, S.M. Entertainment said. [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) – A housewife surnamed Lee recently received a 50,000 won mobile gift coupon from her friend. She used it at a large supermarket, on a purchase totaling 49,100 won. However, the supermarket refused to pay the 900 won in change, as it was not obliged to. Lee can use the [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) – To raise awareness about endangered animals threatened with extinction in Korea, and promote the value of our environment, the Korean government and a mobile messenger provider will distribute emoticons featuring the animals. The Ministry of Environment and Daum Kakao, the operator of mobile messenger app KakaoTalk, announced on April 2 [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Among the top 30 Korean companies in terms of revenue, the average length of service of SK Energy employees was longest at 20.3 years. SK Energy was the only company whose workers serve more than 20 years on average. According to Saramin, a job recruiting portal in Korea, among [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung SDI has developed an energy-saving, blackout-proof power source, and has been testing the system at its Uiwang R&D Center since April 1. The new system is called UES, a hybrid between an Uninterrupted Power System (UPS) and an Energy Storage System (ESS). Samsung SDI has combined the two [...]