SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Dementia, a damaging disease that devastates not only patients but also their families, is rapidly growing in Korean society as a statistics shows that the number of dementia patients has doubled in fewer than five years. According to the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA), the number of the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Koreans travel farther than newlyweds from any other countries for their honeymoons, according to data provided by Facebook. Facebook revealed the honeymoon trend of its users across the world based on its “check-in” information on September 26. According to the Facebook data, Korea ranked first among 71 countries for [...]
SAINT-ROMAIN AU MONT, FRANCE, Sept 29, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) — Thierry Ehrmann, the CEO and founder of Artprice: Artprice.com is pleased to present its eighth exclusive report on the contemporary art market. Artprice permanently enriches its databanks with information from 4,500 auctioneers and it publishes a constant flow of art market trends for the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — NHN Entertainment, a leading mobile game publisher and developer, released its latest game title, “Top Tank: Last Tank Standing.” The military-based FPS game is supported by three languages including Chinese, English and Japanese version will be added soon. Especially, the game was selected as “Google Play New & Updated Games [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — On September 25, major social networking services such as Twitter and KakaoTalk were abuzz with postings and videos of a naked woman walking on a busy street near the Seolleung subway station in Seoul’s Gangnam. According to Gangnam Police Station on the 28th, the person who posted the message first time [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27(Korea Bizwire) – Ailee dubbed as a Korean “Beyonce” came back with her third mini album and its title track “Don’t Touch Me” swept the No. 1 title in nine major music streaming sites in Korea including Melon, Genie, Mnet.com, Soribada and Bugs. Before releasing the title track, Ailee received media attention with 10-kg [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27(Korea Bizwire) – With a brand-new commercial vehicle model, Hyundai Motor is eying to hit the European market. Hyundai Motor revealed its strategic large van model H350 at the IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Hanover, Germany, on September 24, aiming to advance into the European commercial vehicle market. Hyundai’s H350 is sized between 12-seater Starex and [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The market value of Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motors has decreased to their lowest levels in three years. According to the Korea Exchange on September 24, the combined market capitalization of both companies amounted to 17.6 percent of the total stock market in Korea, the lowest since 2011. The value of Samsung [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital announced on September 24 that the hospital signed an agreement with VPS Healthcare Group in the United Arab Emirates on September 22 to establish an Abu Dhabi medical checkup center. The agreement is the first case for a private medical clinic to enter the UAE medical market [...]
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“If we are to bring down climate temperatures, we must step up and scale up global climate actions internationally. An unprecedented collaboration among city networks will make great progress in fighting climate change.” Park Won-soon, Mayor of Seoul SEOUL, Sep. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Park Won-soon, mayor of Seoul announced a plan called the Compact [...]