SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A fan site dedicated to Yong Jun-hyung, a member of the Korean boy group Beast, made and sent 200 corn socks dolls to children in underdeveloped countries as part of Yong’s birthday celebration. The corn socks dolls are dolls you can make from a craft kit produced by World [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group announced on December 17 that its Elite i20 is the winner of the 2015 Indian Car of the Year (ICOTY) award. The i20 was said to have competed with Honda’s City and Maruti Suzuki’s Ciaz for the top prize. The Elite i20 was designed to cater to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean entertainer Kim Sung-joo paid 10 times more than he should have for a bus ride in Taiwan, in a story that became the talk of the town. In the episode of MBC’s reality show “Dad! Where Are You Going?” broadcast on December 14, Kim and his son Min-yool took [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Amidst Korean Air’s nut controversy, and with the possibility of boycotts from consumer groups looming, low-cost airlines are poised to reap the spoils. While the budget flight operators are already making inroads by increasing their market share of domestic flights in Korea, they are gaining attention with fresh brand [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai’s Genesis and Kia’s Sorrento and Carnival have been rated as the safest cars of the year by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT). The MOLIT evaluates four aspects of safety for cars on the Korean market – crash safety, pedestrian safety, driving safety and accident prevention. The MOLIT [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — In 2013, the Korean movie “Way Back Home” was released and Korean audiences became familiar with the horrible story that served as inspiration for the plot. The movie is based on the true story of a Korean woman who wrongly served two years in a Caribbean prison after being [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Hana Card launched its ‘Incomplete Life Card,’ a credit card developed in collaboration with the hit TV drama, ‘Incomplete Life (Misaeng),’ on December 17. This is the first time that a credit card company launches a service in partnership with branded content. As the TV series depicts the trials and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – NHN Entertainment has launched a new cloud platform for the nation’s mobile game ecosystem. The company said this in a press conference held on December 17 at its Play Museum headquarters building in Pangyo located in the southern outskirts of Seoul. The all-inclusive cloud solutions “Toast Cloud” consist of [...]
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SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – As Daum Kakao, Korea’s largest mobile messenger service provider, is set to launch a mobile call taxi service “Kakao Taxi” by the first quarter of next year amid the ongoing controversy over Uber, the taxi app industry is likely to undergo a sea change. Comparing to Uber which was [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean actress Shin Min-a was invited to ‘Sala Bianca 945,’ an opening event of Valentino‘s New York flagship store opened on December 10. Shin was the only Asian actress among the invited guests. Shin wore an exquisite long dress from Valentino’s SS1973 line paired with a matching rockstud clutch. She [...]