SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it has launched its mobile payment service Samsung Pay in China, speeding up efforts to expand the scope of its flagship mobile payment platform. The South Korean tech giant said Chinese users of high-end Galaxy smartphones can now use Samsung Pay in cooperation with China-based bank card [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The wait time for foreigners filing for alien registration or extension of stay has been sharply decreased with the extended implementation of the online reservation system, the government said Tuesday. The Ministry of Justice said since it adopted the full-scale online reservation system at six immigration offices in the Seoul metropolitan area [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s largest multiplex cinema chain CJ CGV reported attendance numbers topping 10 million at its Chinese theaters in the first quarter of this year, the company said Tuesday. The chain hit the milestone on Saturday, less than three months into the year, the shortest period ever for it to [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Kia Motors Corp., South Korea’s second-ranked carmaker, said Tuesday that it targets to sell some 40,000 units of the Niro hybrid subcompact SUV this year as it began to sell its latest eco-friendly vehicle model here. Known for such popular SUV models as the Mohave, Sorento and Sportage, Kia Motors [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Top-class hotels are offering niche services to find not just overnight lodgers but clients who swing by during the day, industry watchers said Tuesday. The Four Seasons Hotel, sitting at the center of downtown Seoul, opened a nail bar in October, the first at a luxury hotel. With the [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean credit and debit card spending jumped 8.8 percent last year from a year earlier as consumers increasingly favor using cards both for small-sized daily settlements and big tax payments, government data showed Tuesday. The card-based expenditure reached 667.1 trillion won (US$572 million) in 2015, up from 613.2 [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) - The traditional guard ceremony at Sungnyemun will be resumed in April after being discontinued for eight years after a fire destroyed part of the wooden structure of the imposing historic gate, the Seoul city government said Sunday. The watch ceremony with the chief gate keeper, along with other guards dressed in Joseon [...]
SEJONG, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced the development of ‘smart farm’ technology, which equips existing dairy farms with information and communications technology (ICT). Equipment that helps enhance productivity in breeding farm animals, such as robot milking machines, automatic calf feeders, and self-regulation cattle bowls will be provided so [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – A restaurant specializing in dishes made with insects has opened in Seoul. Surprisingly, the restaurant has been packed since its opening, and is fully booked for the next few months. Although insects are known to be a great source of protein, and often mentioned as the ‘food of the [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s two tech giants — SK Telecom Co. and Samsung Electronics Co. – will team up with a local city government to construct an Internet of Things (IoT) trial town, officials said Monday. They plan to install the IoT infrastructure across Daegu, 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, to be designated [...]