SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A multitude of Korean religious bodies have started various campaigns to spread the culture of organ donation among Koreans. There was a dramatic increase, in 2009, of individuals submitting their wish to donate their organs to Catholic NGO One-Body One-Spirit Movement’s organ donation program, according to One-Body One-Spirit’s report [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — On Lunar New Year’s day, Koreans have family gatherings to conduct charye, rites held in memory of their ancestors, and share tteokguk, a special soup with rice cakes. However, on February 19 at Gwanghwamun, Seoul, two fathers prepared their special table of rites in memory of their children, not [...]
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — ARKAY NON ALCOHOLIC CINNAMON WHISKY has officially entered the U.S. market. This alcohol-free whisky will join the ArKay family, which entered the U.S. market in 2011. ARKAY Cinnamon whisky is a version of a combination of non-alcoholic American bourbon, Spanish sherry and Spanish Malaga aromas. It is [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics said Thursday that it has bought U.S. mobile technology firm LoopPay, a move apparently aimed at making inroads into the mobile payment technology market against its rival Apple. “Samsung has made efforts to provide safe and convenient mobile payment service,” said Shin Jong-kyun who [...]
PALO ALTO, CA, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Intalio, the leading provider of solutions for organizations to build modern process applications, announced the release of Intalio|bpms version 7.5. With this release, businesses have unprecedented, real-time visibility into business processes and the ability to make changes on the fly. Intalio|bpms 7.5 delivers the promise of the “agile enterprise” [...]
“The court will decide whether I’m responsible for the damage of Samsung washers. However, I am releasing the surveillance video to protect not only my honor of 40 years of washing machine development, but also the company’s reputation.” “There were many people around the electronics retail shop in Germany, and Samsung workers were looking on [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The Malaysian government is planning to set up a housing guarantee corporation to protect buyers, and is considering the introduction of a Korean style housing guarantee system. The Korean Housing Guarantee Corporation (KHGC) announced that it recently held a meeting with Malaysian officials from the Ministry of Urban Wellbeing, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting this October, Koreans enlisted in mandatory military service will be able to have face-to-face telecom interactions with their families and friends. The Ministry of National Defense (MND) and Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) inked a MoU on February 16 to establish the video-chat system. The two ministries [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The North Gyeongsang provincial government will be operating a Dokdo promotional bus from February 13. The bus will be a moving exhibition of Dokdo-related content such as photographs and books. The outside of the bus will be decorated with Dokdo photographs as well. The bus will be presented at the Pohang [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Grapefruits are the new trendy import among Koreans right now. According to the Korea Customs Service, 19,491 tons of grapefruits were imported to Korea last year, which is an increase of 68.3 percent from 2013. Compared to 2009, the import amount and the import value increased 240.5 percent and 266.5 [...]