SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — In a December 6 episode of Infinite Challenge, a reality show program on MBC-TV, actor Cha Seung-won made his second appearance in a segment challenging to work in a shaft as deep as 1,050 meters together with comedian Yoo Jae-suk. The two had been in a challenge mission nine years [...]
![[In-Depth] Appeals Court Judges Rule in Favor of Korean Air in Photo Copyright Case](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/solseom-of-korean-airlines.jpg "[In-Depth] Appeals Court Judges Rule in Favor of Korean Air in Photo Copyright Case")
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — In a legal dispute surrounding a photograph’s copyright, the appeals court judges ruled in favor of the defendant, Korean Air, confirming the lower court’s verdict. The plaintiff Gallery Kong, the Korean agency representing the interest of professional photographer Michael Kenna, had lost a lawsuit in early March this year [...]
“Turkish men are good to their women. There is no such thing as two timing. There is no concept of cheating in Turkey.” (Remarks in Non-Summit aired in July this year) “I am well aware why people are so angry about me. Quite contrary to my usual conservative remarks on TV, people may feel betrayed [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Rotem, the South Korean train manufacturer, has won a contract to build a sewage disposal plant in Qatar. The company announced on December 4 that it won a contract worth 350 billion won (US$314 million) from Ashghal, the Public Works Authority of Qatar. Under the terms of the [...]
“In order to be reborn as a truly responsive political party to people’s demand, we need to be able to communicate constantly with them in real time in the online space. We must revitalize the new media platform and social networking site organizations.” “All task force members should think themselves as messengers to invigorate social [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — BenQ, Taiwan’s home appliance maker, held on December 4 a new product launching event to unveil full HD home video projectors at the Lotte City Guro in Seoul’s southwest. The new models, the W1070 and the W1080ST Plus, are follow-up models to the W1070 and the W1080ST. The two [...]
SEOUL, Dec.5 (Korea Bizwire) – Users of Android mobile devices will now be able to play a much awaited tank battle game in the palms of their hands, with the global roll-out of the Android version of “World of Tanks Blitz”. Based on the global hit “World of Tanks”, Wargaming, the game developer, created a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Gamers who buy pets in World of Warcraft will now be able to donate money to help Ebola victims in West Africa. Blizzard Entertainment released a game-pet named Argi, and announced that proceeds from the adoption of the pet would be sent to the U.S. Red Cross, to be used in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – DaumKakao and the Seoul Metropolitan Government have launched a pilot project with the goal of protecting street cats in danger. Aiming to build a sound community where cats and people coexist together, the project, titled “Help Street Cats”, is hoping to raise Seoul citizens’ awareness of the problems facing street [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Korea Eximbank) plans to provide US$1.3 billion worth of financing to an integrated steel mill which Korea’s POSCO E&C is building in Brazil. Korea Eximbank announced on December 3 that it would make a US$1.3 billion investment in the plant, including a US$910 million loan [...]