Amsterdam, Oct 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, is supplying its Optelio Contactless MiniTag to CaixaBank, Spain’s most innovative financial services provider, for their commercial launch of contactless EMV payment wristbands. These novel wearable banking devices, certified by the international payment schemes, give CaixaBank customers the freedom and security to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 9, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) — Since declaring design management as a core driver of the company’s future growth and the hiring of President & Chief Design Officer Peter Schreyer in 2007, Kia Motors Corporation’s brand value has skyrocketed by 480% from US$929 million to US$5.4 billion, according to Interbrand’s exclusive list of 100 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Mercedez-Benz won back the top place in Korean imported car market by edging out its long rival BMW which had been the top ranker for 2 years and 9 months since December in 2011 in South Korea. According to the sales report for September by the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – An ultra-large sized UHD TV has hit the shelves in South Korea. LG Electronics said its 98-inch UHD TV (98UB9850) — 97.5 inches measured diagonally which is a combined size of four 48-inch TVs — has been available in the local market starting on October 8. With the overwhelming size of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – As the permissible level for parabens on toothpastes for children has turned out to be much higher than that for other products including wet tissues for oral cleaning, many people are showing increasing concerns about any harmful effect from it and asking to lower the level. According to a report released by Kim Yong-ik, a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – A fan club of a member of popular K-pop group EXO prepared a special birthday present for the idol star. To commemorate the birthday of EXO’s Chinese member Lay which fell on October 7, the members of Lay’s fan club “Must Plan” made 110 corn socks dolls by themselves and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai and Kia Motor Group announced the cumulative car sales in China since 2002, when South Korea’s largest automotive group entered the world’s most populous country, recorded nine million units. According to the fifth largest motor group in the world, Beijing Hyundai and Dongfeng Yueda Kia, joint ventures with China’s local companies, sold [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – By making practical use of big data on weather, road slopes and floating population, the Korean government plans to offer accident forecast services to drivers to reduce traffic accidents. Korea Cadastral Survey Corporation (KCSC) announced on October 5 that it would lead a consortium to develop “Pilot Project of Disaster [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – It is reportedly known that Samsung Electronics has paid US$1.04 billion of royalties to Microsoft in exchange for using the U.S. company’s patents for making Android-based smartphones and tablets for a year. The unknown secret of how much money the Korean electronics giant is paying to the software empire was revealed [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Company has begun taking preorders for its new strategic concept sedan “Aslan” which will hit the road starting end of October. Aslan, which means a lion in Turkish, straddles Hyundai’s flagship premium sedans of Grandeur and Genesis targeting potential consumers in their 40s and 50s — for them the latter [...]