SEOUL, Feb.19 (Korea Bizwire) – While Korea is known for a sleep-deprived adolescent and adult population, research shows that even Korean infants are not sleeping very well. Professor Ahn Young-min at Eulji Hospital’s Pediatrics Department conducted a joint research project with a team at Philadelphia Children’s Hospital. The researchers compared the sleeping hours of 30,000 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul city said Friday that a variety of folk games and performances will be held Sunday afternoon to mark the first full moon of the Lunar New Year. Traditionally, Koreans practice plenty of ceremonial customs and games, wishing for happiness, health and well-being throughout the year. This year’s first [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc. said Friday it has joined forces with a Danish-based audio firm to provide better sound-related features on its smartphones, including the upcoming flagship G5. The South Korean tech firm said the G5 smartphone will come with Bang & Olufsen’s stereo to provide premium sound on the [...]
SEOUL, Feb.19 (Korea Bizwire) – Recent news reports shed light on a case in which a girl group member known as ‘A’ (24), accused her boyfriend ‘C’ (25) of raping her, after her ‘sponsor’ ‘B’ (35) assaulted her boyfriend. After ‘B’ attacked ‘C’, causing serious injuries that would take four weeks to heal, girl group [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government is set to bolster the game industry, which it sees having great potential to become the next growth engine, as economic growth remains sluggish. On Friday, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning announced a set [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s customs office said on Friday it has unearthed 2.2 billion won (US$1.7 million) worth of forged smartphone accessories with Samsung and Apple logos. The Korea Customs Service said 41 suspects were booked without detention following its special crackdown kicked off in December, which discovered 38 cases of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) - Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are likely to start domestic sales of their new flagship smartphones in March to meet soaring seasonal demand, heralding a fierce battle to win the hearts and minds of local users, industry sources said Friday. Industry leader Samsung’s presumed Galaxy S7 and LG’s [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co.’s premium brand Genesis is expected to make its debut in North America in the third quarter, possibly intensifying competition in its high-end vehicle market there, industry sources said Friday. Genesis has been the name of the most popular luxury sedan of the South Korean auto giant, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) - Actor Ahn Jae-hyun will replace actor Lee Seung-gi in the second season of the tvN variety show “New Journey to the West,” producers said Friday. Ahn has left for Chengdu in China’s Sichuan Province to shoot the sequel for the online show, which immediately garnered tens of thousands of views [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) - Kim Man-bok takes pride in being able to walk up subway stairs and talk over his cellphone without a hearing aid at the age of 76. After getting bored of spending time in parks and mountains, the retired trade company official went out of his comfort zone to do something [...]