South Korean figure skater You Young performs her free skate program during the national championship in Seoul on Jan. 10, 2016. (Image : Yonhap) SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) - Teen figure skating phenom You Young, the youngest South Korean national champion, has joined the agency of her idol, Kim Yu-na. All That Sports announced Monday [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean panel giant LG Display Co. outpaced its archrival Samsung Display Co. in TV panel shipments last year on the back of increased sales in the Chinese market, data showed Monday. LG Display sold 55.3 million TV panels in 2015, up 6.4 percent from 51.9 million units sold [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of registered vehicles in South Korea rose 4.3 percent in 2015 from a year earlier on the back of the government’s tax-cut programs and solid demand for foreign-made cars, government data showed Sunday. Car registration stood at 20,989,885 units, up 4.3 percent or some 872,000 vehicles from [...]
SEOUL, Jan.15 (Korea Bizwire) – As stray cats are an urban problem causing many issues, there have been an increasing number of cases in which stray cats crawl into electricity distribution equipment, get shocked, and cause a blackout in the neighborhood. A blackout that happened at an apartment complex in Sindang-dong turned out to have [...]
SEOUL, Jan.15 (Korea Bizwire) – According to Daily NK, an online newspaper specializing in North Korea, Kim Jong-un’s personal staff, the members of the 5th division, lead privileged lives, and with the young leader’s halo shining behind them, they even look down at Hwang Byung-seo, who is known to be the second in command in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) -South Korea’s finance minister and the central bank chief agreed Friday to strengthen cooperation in managing economic and monetary policies in a bid to tide over current challenges at home and abroad. At their first meeting since Finance Minister Yoo Il-ho took office on Wednesday, Yoo and Bank of Korea [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Girl group KARA’s dissolution is official, its agency said Friday, confirming what’s already been rumored for the last few weeks. Park Gyu-ri, Han Seung-yeon and Goo Ha-ra won’t be renewing their contracts, which prematurely ended Friday, DSP Media said. They had been scheduled to expire on Feb. 2 but [...]
SEOUL, Jan.15 (Korea Bizwire) – Hollywood actor Jack Black, who is visiting Korea to promote ‘Kung fu Panda 3′, will make an appearance on MBC’s ‘Infinite Challenge’, which is one of the most popular real-variety shows in Korea. MBC officials revealed that positive discussions about Jack Black making an appearance on ‘Infinite Challenge’ are in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The government has decided to expand a telemedicine system that is currently being tested. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the government will expand the region, size, and targets when it executes its third telemedicine system test run. Prior to the third test run, the Ministry of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Taiwan-born singer Tzuyu, a member of the popular girl group TWICE under South Korea’s JYP Entertainment, promotes a Huawei smartphone in advertisements that local mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. has posted on YouTube and other online platforms. It’s no surprise that a foreigner appears on South Korean ads as [...]