SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) – With rapid growth in the character business that features collaborations between the emojis of mobile messengers like KakaoTalk of DaumKakao and Line of Naver, the two largest IT companies in Korea are enjoying the effect of killing two birds with one stone. As the “Kakao Friends” and “Line Friends” emojis raise [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) – In spite of low oil prices, hybrid car fever is fierce in the Korean automotive market, fueled by growing demand for eco-friendly vehicles. Thanks to the fever, sales of hybrid cars in Korea are expected to reach an all-time high this year. According to industry watchers, 15,953 units of [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) – SK C&C will build an intelligent transportation system (ITS) for the Hanoi-Haiphong Expressway, with aims to make further advances into the ITS market in the South Asian region. According to the system integration arm of SK Group, it received a license from Vietnam to build ITS infrastructure with a traffic [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) – At the home of Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) near Havana, the capital of Cuba, a display of stuffed animal heads welcomes visitors. Hemingway enjoyed hunting, and used to go to Africa to hunt. He brought his ‘trophies’ home and hung them on the walls. Hunting animals to keep as mementos instead [...]
SEJONG, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Asking consumers to pay over 300,000 won before repairs of broken iPhones had been completed has been judged to be unjustified. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) advised six Apple service centers to change their policies, which were said to be unfair to consumers. As a result, the service centers must [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Tom Cruise (53) showed that he still has the moves on his seventh visit to Korea. It took two hours for him to cover a distance of 80 meters, because he hugged and shook hands with all of his fans, and also took selfies with them. The superstar actor visited [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Naver, South Korea’s top Internet portal operator, rolled out a real-time video streaming app on Friday that features behind-the-scenes stories of popular K-pop artists, as it seeks to expand its global presence with the new mobile media platform. Dubbed V, the app is designed to provide footage of top Korean singers [...]
Partnership to Further Strengthen and Extend Telin’s Market Potential JAKARTA, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia Internasional (Telin), one of the subsidiaries of Telkom Indonesia, the biggest telecommunications company in Indonesia, has launched a new service called Go Presence. This product combines a global audio conferencing service with web conferencing capabilities. Go Presence [...]
COLOGNE, Germany, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The most important trends, innovations, and thinkers of the global digital economy — and beyond — will be united by the dmexco Conference program for 2015. In line with this year’s motto, “Bridging Worlds”, more than 500 international celebrities will be featured on six stages in a program [...]
DAEJEON, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Forest Service has announced a plan to create ‘City Forests’ in 559 locations all over the nation. A budget of 113.1 billion won has been allocated to the project. According to the Korea Forest Service, average temperatures in the seven big Korean cities, including Seoul, Busan, Daegu and Incheon [...]