JEONJU, Dec.22 (Korea Bizwire) – The local government of Jeonju has designated an airway for drones, and announced that it will concentrate on fostering businesses related to drones. The drone business in Jeonju is gaining momentum as the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport selected Jeonju as a ‘Drone Zone’ to test the safety of [...]
SEJONG, Dec.22 (Korea Bizwire) – Measures are being taken to save spotted seals, the numbers of which are decreasing due to ocean pollution and global warming. According to the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, spotted seals live in the polar and temperate regions of the northern Pacific Ocean, usually around the Yellow Sea, Bering [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Facebook is the most popular social networking service (SNS) in South Korea this year, a poll showed Tuesday, outpacing other global and local platforms. According to a survey by market researcher DMC Media on 780 SNS users aged between 19 and 59, 59.8 percent picked Facebook as their most-used [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Hanwha Galleria, a retail unit of South Korean conglomerate Hanwha, said Tuesday it will partially open its first duty-free store at 63 City Building in downtown Seoul next week. Hanwha Galleria plans to open 60 percent of the proposed space in the gold-tinted skyscraper in Yeouido, a must-stop destination [...]
SEOUL, Dec.22 (Korea Bizwire) – Frograms, the providers of the movie suggestion service Watcha, announced that it will launch an unlimited VOD streaming service called Watcha Play in January. The web version will launch first, followed by a mobile version in April. A smart TV version will be launched at some point next year. For [...]
SEOUL, Dec.22 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean cosmetics brands are making a push to enter the Middle-Eastern market. Korean companies are focused on the fact that even though Middle-Eastern women seem to be far from makeup as they typically wear a hijab, they have an urge to express themselves through eye makeup, and have a high [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) - Hyundai Motor Co.’s midsize sedan, the Sonata, is poised to win the best-selling Korean car title this year for the second consecutive year, industry data showed Tuesday. According to data from the Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association (KAMA), domestic sales of the Sonata hit 95,760 units in the first 11 months [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea said Tuesday it will ban potential terrorists or other dangerous passengers from boarding any plane bound for the Asian country at the point of departure. The Ministry of Justice said it will analyze passenger information before airlines issue boarding passes to restrict inappropriate ones, such as terrorists, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A school dedicated to teaching the history of South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo has opened in Shanghai, a South Korean professor leading the program said Tuesday. The so-called “Dokdo School” is aimed at raising awareness of the rocky outcroppings in the East Sea, the subject of a territorial [...]
NASHVILLE, Dec.22 (Korea Bizwire) - Nissan and BMW are joining forces to offer public fast charging at 120 locations across 19 states in an effort to support Nissan LEAF and BMW i3 customers and to promote increased adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) nationwide. With this partnership between two of the top EV manufacturers, Nissan [...]