SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Wall Street in Yeouido is providing ‘zero commission’ stock trading. There was a time in 2011 when free commissions were a craze, but the period of time it was applied to was a few months, or a year at the longest. However, this time, the applied period is at least one [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea has been evaluated as making the lowest efforts to solve the problem of income inequality. It was also pointed out that structural corruption was severe, as those who had the upper hand were getting all the benefits that resulted from the protection of regulatory systems. The World Economic [...]
BUSAN, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Crispy laver snacks that will suit the tastes of foreigners are about to be launched. The Algae Bio Research Center of the National Fisheries Research & Development Institute announced that in collaboration with the Korea Food Research Institute, it has processed dried laver and developed snacks in flavors that [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – When an investor asks a researcher at a brokerage firm about market conditions right after the opening of the Korean stock market, the researcher usually replies, “The market direction will be clearer after 10:30 (the time when China’s stock market opens in Korea).” This phenomenon shows that the Chinese [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – It is estimated that there are approximately 17,000 dog farms breeding a total of two million dogs for meat in Korea. According to lawmaker Sim Sang-jeung of the minor opposition Justice Party, there are a total of 17,059 dog farms in Korea. She compiled the figures using data from [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Kia Motors, an affiliate of the world’s fifth largest automaker, Hyundai Motor Group, is strengthening marketing activities targeting next generation customers with an animated film. On September 10, Kia released “Super Racer Enzy,” an animated film featuring Kia characters Enzy and His Friends, at approximately 100 screens nationwide. The [...]
CHEONAN, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – This year, farmers in Cheonan have succeeded in cultivating passion fruit, a subtropical fruit, and have started harvesting their produce. According to the Cheonan Agricultural Technology Center, and the farms that are cultivating the fruit, an average of 100 to 150 fruits are grown a week, and all of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Starbucks is under criticism for releasing a healthy snack series of items that are two to 10 times more expensive than their commercial costs. Starbucks has a history of creating controversy over coffee prices that were significantly more expensive than the price of the beans used to make them. Starbucks’ new [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean singer IU will hold a fan meeting in Hong Kong, her official Facebook fan page showed Friday. The event will take place at Landmark North, a large office and shopping complex in the heart of the city, at 3 p.m. Saturday, the page showed. Her agency was [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — More South Korean pilots are leaving local airlines, data showed Friday, apparently for better salaries and working conditions abroad. According to the data by the transportation ministry, the number of pilots who left top flag carrier Korean Air Lines during the January-July period stood at 42. This is compared with [...]