SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — KT opened a new chapter in its company history as it celebrated its relocation to a new company headquarters in Gwanghwamun, central Seoul, on January 26. KT, arguably founder of South Korea’s telecommunications industry, set sail for a new journey from the ‘new nest.’ The new company building has a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Kwang-Soo, the Korean actor and model who is also dubbed the ‘prince of Asia,’ and has a huge fanbase, made a splash in Vietnam recently as he held an autograph session in Ho Chi Minh City. KingKong Agency, the company responsible for managing Lee Kwang-Soo’ schedule, announced on [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — LG UPlus, a South Korean wireless carrier, has launched a unique mobile application which can be used as a portable radio transceiver, enabling communication between up to 500 users at the same time across the globe. The carrier announced on January 25 that once the U+ LTE Radio Transceiver [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Driven by strong sales of its CineView monitors – 21:9 ratio UltraWide specialty displays – LG Electronics is set to expand its lineup and grab a bigger share of the global market. The Seoul-based electronics manufacturer announced that it will increase its CineView monitor lineup to 20 models under 12 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2015 Volkswagen Touareg launches on January 26 in the Korean market, where German automobiles are increasingly popular, chipping away at the lion’s share dominated by home-based Hyundai and Kia Motors. Given that Volkswagen’s Tiguan is extremely popular among import models – it grabbed the title of best-selling import car as [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea’s first cinema-centered library opened at Jeonju Movie Hotel, a movie-themed hotel on Jeonju’s ‘Movie Street’ on January 24. The Film Library is now home to 15,000 video clips, 3,400 film themed-books and 2,000 film magazines. The materials were all donated by individuals in the Korean cinema industry. The [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Central District Court has ruled against SK Telecom‘s advertising for its tri-band LTE-A service. KT and LG Uplus filed complaints to the court on January 10 and 12 respectively, claiming that SK Telecom’s tri-band LTE-A service ads represented false advertising. The two plaintiffs filed an injunction to ban SK [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Real Men, the Korean variety show featuring male celebrities undergoing Korean military training, has a new cast member, Sam Okyere. Three out of the eight original members of Real Men are now leaving the show, since they have been discharged from the service. Sam Hammington is one of the three, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A stroke warning cap, which was one of the C-Lab projects selected by Samsung Electronics at the beginning of last year, is moving closer to commercialization. The C-Lab is a system that supports the commercialization of new products by adopting ideas proposed by members of management and staff. According [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — In collaboration with Unity Korea, the SmileGate Studio of Hope hosted the 2015 Global Game Jam Korea, in order to foster game creation passion and promote development of the gaming industry. The gaming festival was held at the Orange Farm Seocho Center for 2 nights and 3 days until [...]