SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Hitejinro is making inroads in the Southeast Asian market, starting with Thailand, by localizing Korea’s most popular drink, ‘soju’ (distilled rice liquor). Recently, Hitejinro’s ‘Chamisul’, ‘Chamisul Classic’, ‘Jinro 24′ and ‘Jamong-e-isul’ (Grapefruit Soju) have been launched in Thailand. Unlike Koreans, who usually drink Soju straight with a small shot [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – To help solve missing children cases, a technology in which one can register a child’s fingerprint with a smartphone, and also check the identity of a child that has been found through a smartphone will be developed. The National Police Agency announced that it will be embarking on [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The Box Park in London, England, a famous shopping center made from shipping containers, will be built in Seoul as well. Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, Kolon Industry and the Seoul Business Agency signed a business agreement to establish a Box Park in Seoul at Kolon Common Ground near Konkuk [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – As the interest in vape pens is increasing, due to increases in the cigarette prices and the expansion of no-smoking areas, the number of patent applications related to vape pens is rising. According to the Korean Intellectual Property Office, there were 381 patents related to vape pens issued over [...]
SUNGNAM, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Frederic Andre (33), a LEGO designer, visited the Hyundai Department Store in Pangyo on October 11. He has a very unusual background. Having studied Japanese in France, Andre once worked at the French branch of a Japanese media company, but quit his job at the age of 25, feeling the need to [...]
JEJU, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Products from Jeju are becoming popular with vendors located in train stations. Jeju officials announced that they have sold products worth a total of 80 million won since the island’s government entered into an agreement with the Korea Railroad Corporation (KORAIL) on May 5, and distributed goods to 200 stores in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – As the government has started recruitment for demonstration businesses using drones, many companies have expressed interest in participating. A total of 41 companies showed interest, including Korean Air, CJ Korea Express and Hyundai Logistics. According to the Korea Institute of Aviation Safety Technology, in addition to Korean Air, parcel delivery [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Egnis, a startup company that sells meal replacement formulas, succeeded in raising 10 billion won in 29 hours through crowd funding. The funds were raised to mass produce a new product called Lab Nosh. Egnis started its campaign on the Wadiz (www.wadiz.kr) crowd funding site, at 11 a.m. on [...]
SUNCHEON, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The city of Suncheon in Jeonnam Province has announced that it is renaming some of the roads in Suncheon Bay Garden to ‘National Garden Route No.1′, to celebrate the designation of the garden as a ‘National Garden’. ‘National Garden Route No.1′ leads from the west gate of Suncheon Bay [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) - A team of Korean researchers has developed a system for transcribing the spoken language of a South American indigenous tribe using the Korean alphabet, “hangeul,” the team said Thursday. The team led by Kwon Jae-il, a linguistics professor of Seoul National University, said they finished matching proper Korean consonants and [...]