SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Actor Lee Min-ho was greeted by 10,000 fans at his first “talk concert” in Japan, his management company said Wednesday. “Minoz World,” held at Yokohama Pacifico Palace at 2 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. on Monday, attracted 10,000 fans, Starhaus Entertainment said. The 2.5-hour show played highlights from [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) - The fifth season of “Show Me the Money,” a South Korean rap competition program, will hold auditions in the U.S., accepting international candidates for the first time, cable channel Mnet said Wednesday. Applications will be accepted from Monday to March 6 for a chance to appear on the season that [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Chinese tech giant Xiaomi Inc. has started selling its smartphones in South Korea through local dollar-shop chain Daiso, industry sources said Wednesday, marking the first time for its mobile devices to be sold at offline stores here. The Xiaomi Redmi 3 and Redmi Note 3 carry a price tag [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – If you thought “locally produced” applied to food only, think again — S.M. Entertainment is trying to apply that idea to boy bands, its founder Lee Soo-man says. “New Culture Technology” is the term he used when he presented the idea to reporters at SM TOWN Coex Artium in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) - Samsung Electronics Co. plans to provide large-sum bonuses for its employees in the semiconductor and smartphone sectors as a reward for last year’s performance, industry sources said Wednesday. Under the plan, Samsung Electronics will provide their workers what it calls overall performance incentive worth 50 percent of their annual salary [...]
SEOUL, Jan.27 (Korea Bizwire) – A homeless man in his 50s swung a knife in the subway headed to Jonggak station, causing passengers to evacuate. The police set out to prevent the worst case, and the man was caught near Seoul station after an hour and 20 minutes. According to the police, the homeless man [...]
JEJU, Jan.27 (Korea Bizwire) – Passengers were held ‘hostage’ at the Jeju airport as low-cost airlines were failing in efficiently boarding passengers on their flights. The lines in front of the low-cost airline counters were not getting any shorter. The chaos was created when low-cost airlines gave out waiting number tickets to the passengers randomly [...]
SEOUL, Jan.27 (Korea Bizwire) – As LG Electronics announced the performance of its Mobile Communications (MC) business division (in charge of smartphones) for the fourth quarter of 2015, the industry response can be summed up as “It wasn’t bad, but the future seems dark”. The MC division reported a loss of 43.8 billion won in [...]
GOYANG, Jan.27 (Korea Bizwire) – Another case where a running BMW burst into flames has been reported, marking the sixth time since a similar incident first occurred on November 3, 2015. On January 26, a BMW driven by Lee (44) caught on fire near the Jayuro highway in Goyang City. The fire completely destroyed the [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The government plans to conduct feasibility studies on the construction of new airports in three western areas where demand for air transportation has been on the rise, the transportation ministry said Wednesday. The state-run Korea Transport Institute will carry out the studies on the three regions — Saemangeum, Seosan [...]