SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Thanks to the weak yen, the number of Korean tourists to Japan exploded in October, more than doubled, even almost tripled for certain travel agencies. According to Hana Tour, Korea’s largest travel agency, the number of Korean nationals traveling to Japan increased 121.5 percent during last October over the [...]
Tel Aviv, Israel, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – LifeBEAM, a developer of bio-sensing technology, today introduced the LifeBEAM Hat and LifeBEAM Visor, Bluetooth® 4.0 / ANT+™ headwear that transmit heart rate, calorie consumption and cadence measurements to mobile fitness apps and smart devices. Sold with a limited edition carbon carrying case, the LifeBEAM Hat and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — SK C&C, a total IT services provider under the SK Group affiliation, said in a regulatory filing on November 4 that its consolidated operating profit for the third quarter was 71.1 billion won, 18.9 percent higher than a year ago. The sales revenue rose 10.5 percent to 613.4 billion won [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics has launched a 2G phone model “Master Dual” on November 4 through SK Telecom. The Master Dual comes equipped with 3.0- and 2.2-inch dual LCD screens so that the user won’t have to open the clamshell when taking phone calls or checking text messages. The model is intended [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom unveiled a service custom-tailored for wearable devices called “T Outdoor” on November 5. It allows the user to take advantage of voice and data services without a smartphone when going out. The T Outdoor service can be used with a rate plan for communications module-equipped wearable devices. The [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Yuhan Corporation, the first runner in terms of sales and net profit among Korean drug companies, is expected to reach one trillion won sales this year, for the first time as a pharmaceutical company. In a recent electronic disclosure to the Financial Supervisory Service, Yuhan said that its preliminary [...]
“The target customers for the newly introduced Aslan are those potential buyers in their 40s and 50s who seek smarter and more reasonable consumption. We rolled out the brand-new model as many customers wanted quieter and wider interior space with front-wheel drive.” “It seems the high-end automobile market has moved too far toward rear-wheel drive [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – GameVil on November 3 announced that it released its latest MORPG “Titan Warrior” on Google Play. Optimized for smartphones, Titan Warrior is a 3D action MORPG with real time network battle where up to four users can form a party and play game together. Its action based on the hack-n-slash [...]
Tokyo, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Tanaka Holdings Co., Ltd. announced today that Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K., which operates the Tanaka Precious Metals Group’s manufacturing business, will commence the provision of evaluation samples of tips made from platinum alloy and nickel cladded (bonding of dissimilar metals) (the “Product”) as side electrodes used on spark plugs [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — From now on, apartment builders will have to cut the energy consumption level of new buildings by 30-40 percent from that in 2009. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport said on November 3 that it would notify new standards on environmentally friendly housing units for three weeks between November [...]