SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Save the Children Fund is holding a photo exhibition featuring 84 photographs taken by children affected by traumatizing events in Korea and Syria. The joint photo exhibition entitled ‘Seoul Meets Za’atari’ is being held at 57th Gallery in Jongno, Seoul from February 6 to 18. The exhibition has been [...]
NEW YORK and MEXICO CITY, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, S.A.B. de C.V. (Mexican Stock Exchange) has announced it has reached a license agreement with Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) to leverage SMARTS, the industry-leading market surveillance platform offered by Nasdaq. Bolsa Mexicana de Valores will migrate its current real-time proprietary surveillance system to [...]
“The swamp near Gimpo International Airport is home to approximately 30 important species of plants and animals, and should be protected by law. It also absorbs fine dust from China. The planned golf course in the swamp should be cancelled.” “On February 11 and 12, there will be public hearings at Gangseo-gu and Bucheon city [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Kim Seung-jin, who set out on a worldwide sailing adventure last year with no physical aid, without making landfall at any port and using only the power of the wind, just passed through Cape Horn, sometimes known as the “Mt. Everest of the Sea.” According to officials from Dangjin city, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The increase of single-person households has even led to the development of an automatic ramen cooker. Rinnai Korea announced on February 5 that it was releasing a new “Ramen Cook” gas oven with a built-in countdown timer. The gas range provides an automatic notification when water boils, and sets off an [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean lenders saw their combined net profit soar 60.4 percent last year from a year earlier as they set aside less reserves against bad loans, the financial watchdog said Friday. The combined net income of 18 local banks stood at 6.2 trillion won (US$5.7 billion) in 2014, up [...]
ST. PETERS, MO, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — SunEdison Semiconductor Limited (Nasdaq:SEMI), a leading supplier of semiconductor wafers to the global semiconductor device industry, announced today that it has received the Best Partner Award from Samsung. The award is presented to those suppliers that have provided outstanding products and service to Samsung. This is the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean singer and actor Lee Min-ho will hold his first-ever solo concert in Hong Kong next month, his management agency said Thursday. The star of the popular Korean TV show “Boys over Flowers” will sing 12 tracks of his albums during the concert titled “Lee Min-ho Live in Hong [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Baekryeong Island, South Korea’s northernmost island, has opened a lotto ticket shop for the first time. Nanum Lotto, the nation’s exclusive lottery operator, announced that the first lotto seller began operating on February 3. Due to its geological characteristics and security issues, the island has been alienated from services [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The PR image of KT’s “GiGAtopia” has won a design award on the world stage. On February 4, KT announced that it garnered five awards at the iF Design Awards 2015 for its GiGAtopia PR image and Olleh membership diary. The GiGAtopia PR image was visualized to make customers [...]