SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales of products affiliated with animation characters such as ‘Minions‘ are soaring. According to McDonald’s, Happy Meals with Minion toys are in high demand. The ‘Minion Happy Meal Special Set’, which consists of five Minion toys, one Happy Meal, and four coupons for Happy Meals were all sold out the [...]
“Automobiles are evolving in the display, communications, electronics and analog, and mechanical compressor sectors through intellectualization and convergence. We expect meaningful opportunities in the sector in the near future.” “When it comes to convergence, we see much opportunity and growth potential. We expect that some products in the vehicle components sector can bring results. We [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Law enforcement agents have arrested food manufacturers who distributed halal food with fake certificates worth 140 million won. Halal is an Arabic word meaning “lawful” or “permitted.” Halal certificates are placed on food, drugs, cosmetics and other products that are prepared according to religious rules. To obtain the certificates, one [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Wealthy Chinese investors are eyeing real estate markets in Japan and Korea. According to the China Daily, big Chinese players are shifting their investment targets from Australia and the United States to Japan and Korea. Jeju Island in Korea and big cities in Japan like Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya are [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Metropolitan Government will launch a premium taxi-hailing service offering luxurious service with limousine-style vehicles that have 2,800 cc engines or higher. The Seoul city government announced that High-End, a premium taxi operator co-developed by the city and Korea Smart Card Company, would begin trial operation with 100 luxury taxis [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) – In the second quarter this year, Samsung Electronics led the front-loading washing machine market in the United States for the first time since its 2006 debut in the segment. According to TraQline, a market researcher, Samsung posted a 22.3 percent market share in the segment, beating out LG Electronics [...]
BUSAN, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan Sea Festival, the largest summer festival in Korea, will be held at various beaches in the southeastern port city from August 1 to 8. With the slogan, “Into the Sea of Festival,” its opening evening will be held on a street near Haeundae Beach, where some 3,000 [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) – With the return of the vacation season, ‘11th street‘ announced they would be holding a special promotion for travel packages until August 9. The ‘Silkroad Desert Camp’, where you can experience the lives of Mongolian nomads, costs 2,036,100 won; the ‘Ice Field Parkway’, where you can experience Canadian glaciers, [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Food delivery applications have started a war on commissions to draw in new members. ‘Baedal Minjok’, which ranks first in market share, decided to eliminate commissions on instant payment for the first time in the business. One of its main competitors, ‘Yogiyo’, announced that they would also release a [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The second quarter report from LG’s MC headquarters (in charge of smartphones) has been revealed. MC headquarters were said to be responsible for bringing down the stock price of LG Electronics. Cutting to the chase, it was a broke trade, where they sold a lot but didn’t get much [...]