SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Microsoft Korea said on December 13 that it held a “Little Pink Coding Party” for elementary and middle school girl students at its main office in Seoul’s downtown. The event, consisting of plays and hands-on experience sessions, was intended to arouse interest in software programming for girls. In the event, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gyeonggi provincial government and the Gyeonggi Tourism Organization said on December 15 that they would attract up to 15,000 foreign tourists by offering a “Super Ski” tourism campaign for the 2014 winter season. They expected that about 10,000 visitors will come from six Asian countries including China, Hong Kong, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung has yet again postponed the release of a smartphone powered by its own Tizen operating system. That marks the fourth time that the company has pushed back the launch. According to IT industry experts, the Tizen device was originally expected to be launched on December 10 in India. IT experts [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics has launched its Tap Book Duo laptop-tablet hybrid in South Korea, expanding its super light PC line-up. The Tap Book Duo is as light as a bottle of water, weighing 530g without the detachable keyboard and 792g including the keyboard. Its battery life is up to 11 [...]
SEOUL, December 15 (Korea Bizwire) – After the Korean Air “nut incident,” where an airline executive kicked a crewmember off the plane after being improperly served macadamia nuts, the airline has suffered a deterioration of its corporate image, and falling business results. According to recent figures, Korean Air ticket reservations are in decline, and its stock [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean National Pension Service (NPS) recently sold its HSBC headquarters building in London, netting a total of 960 billion won (US$868 million) in dividends and trading profits. On December 14, the pension service that manages funds worth 568.2 trillion won (US$514.1 billion) announced that it had sold the HSBC building [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Urban Works Entertainment, the talent agency representing Korea’s singer and TV personality Kim Jong-kook, said on December 12 that Kim will hold a U.S. tour concert jointly with Ha Dong-hoon, better known by his stage name “Haha.” Earlier in July, he successfully held a concert in Los Angeles in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Renault Samsung’s crossover “QM3” was ranked as one of the most popular new car models for the year. It may be because it came equipped with all three conditions for this year’s popularity including diesel, import, and high fuel efficiency. Debuted in December in 2013, the QM3 was sold [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The criminal prosecutors of the Seoul Northern District Public Prosecutor’s Office said on December 11 that no charge will be made against Bae Yong-joon, a Korean actor, who was accused of fraud for selling red ginseng under an exclusive basis. The plaintiff who owns a company selling dietary supplement [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — HP Korea said on December 11 that it would introduce a new Stream Series laptop line-up that satisfies both requirements of portability and low cost. The newly launched models include the HP Stream 11 with an 11.6-inch HD display and the HP Stream 13 that comes with a 13.3-inch HD [...]