SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – On every last Tuesday of October, which fell on October 28 this year, Korea commemorates “Savings Day” to encourage its people to save more money for economic development since 1964. Typically, the day’s event was covered by many citations for individuals and companies who saved much. However, this year’s [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean Actress Ko A-sung, a heroine of Bong Joon-ho’s dystopian sci-fi film “Snowpiercer,” signed an agency contract with a Hollywood talent agency Untitled Entertainment, said her management company 4Doors Entertainment on October 27. Ko’s signing with the Hollywood agency came after The New York Post spotlighted her on the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics began rolling out its innovative curve edged smartphone “Galaxy Note Edge” on October 28 through SK Telecom, three days earlier than iPhone 6 to be released in Korea on October 31. The Note Edge has a curved right edge screen which functions independently of the main screen. On the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Royal Canin, a world famous pet food provider, held a special event for puppies, raising awareness on the importance of the dietary habits for baby dogs. The event titled “Puppy Dog Day with Royal Canin” held at Run Koko, a theme park for pets in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, on [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Kia Motors held an event dubbed “Ray Dress-up Car Festival” for the owners and fans of Ray, one of Kia’s flagship vehicles, at Wellihillipark in Gangwon Province on October 25. At the annual event which marked the second following one last year, participants competed for the title of “Best Ray,” [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics held an exhibition of artworks drawn with Galaxy Note 4‘s S Pen for two days between October 25 and 26 at the Hongik University store of Digital Plaza. The latest event, which displayed paintings of two artists recently made famous by the media and Internet blogs, showed that the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Since the government introduced on October 1 a new law intended to improve the mobile phone handset retail structure, it seems the new phone device demand has finally recovered the pre-October level. Market watchers said this is largely because of the effect of the new Apple iPhone 6 to debut [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — As many as 60 percent of publicly traded companies said in a survey that they would be under pressure to hold general shareholders meetings after the “shadow voting” scheme currently exercised by the Korea Securities Depository on behalf of shareholders not in attendance to meet the quorum. Shadow voting [...]
“The Korea-U.S. relationship, which is stronger now than ever, is one of the most important diplomatic relations that the United States is maintaining throughout the world. The two nations share cherished values such as free market, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law and fought a war on the same side to defend these [...]
SAINT-ROMAIN AU MONT, FRANCE, Oct 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A cultural centre on the Champs-Elysees, a Foundation dedicated to artistic creation, and now a superb new museum in the Bois de Boulogne just outside Paris, the French LVMH Group has established itself as a leading institution for Contemporary art in France. We know its founder, [...]