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Talkdesk named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contact Center as a Service

Talkdesk named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contact Center as a Service

Customer experience automation vendor recognized for Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 10, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Talkdesk®, Inc. today announced it has been positioned as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner™ Magic Quadrant® for Contact Center as a Service* (CCaaS) for its Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute. This is [...]

South Korea Moves to Legalize Tattooing by Non-Medical Practitioners After 33 Years

South Korea Moves to Legalize Tattooing by Non-Medical Practitioners After 33 Years

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is poised to legalize tattooing by non-medical practitioners for the first time in more than three decades, after a legislative committee approved a bill that would formally recognize tattoo artists as licensed professionals. The Legislation and Judiciary Committee of the National Assembly passed the so-called Tattooist Act on [...]

Zoom recognized in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Contact Center as a Service for the first time

Zoom recognized in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Contact Center as a Service for the first time

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 10, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Zoom Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM) today announced it has been recognized in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS). This is Zoom’s first inclusion in the Magic Quadrant for CCaaS, just three years after launching Zoom Contact Center in 2022. Zoom [...]

Constellation Brands Revises Date to Report Second Quarter Fiscal 2026 Financial Results to October 6, 2025

Constellation Brands Revises Date to Report Second Quarter Fiscal 2026 Financial Results to October 6, 2025

In observance of Yom Kippur the company will report second quarter financial results October 6, 2025 and host its conference call October 7, 2025, previously scheduled for October 1 and 2, respectively ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 09, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Constellation Brands, Inc. (NYSE: STZ), a leading beverage alcohol company, announced today a revised date to [...]

Study Finds Nearly 40% of Korean Teens Mistakenly See E-Cigarettes as Safer or Quit-Smoking Aid

Study Finds Nearly 40% of Korean Teens Mistakenly See E-Cigarettes as Safer or Quit-Smoking Aid

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A new government-commissioned study has found that nearly four in ten South Korean adolescents view e-cigarettes as either a substitute for conventional cigarettes or a tool to quit smoking, underscoring the growing influence of targeted marketing campaigns by tobacco companies. The report, released Tuesday by Sahmyook University at the [...]

Seoul Expands Safety Beacon Program for Small Business Owners

Seoul Expands Safety Beacon Program for Small Business Owners

  SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday it will expand its distribution of emergency beacons designed to protect small business owners who often work alone and face heightened risks of harassment or intrusion. The device, known as the “Safe Beacon,” activates flashing lights and a siren outside a shop when [...]

Korean Regulator Warns Retail Investors on ETF Risks Amid Rapid Market Growth

Korean Regulator Warns Retail Investors on ETF Risks Amid Rapid Market Growth

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s financial watchdog cautioned retail investors on Tuesday about the risks of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), even as the market for such products has expanded more than fourfold in recent years. According to the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), the nation’s ETF market reached 232 trillion won ($168 billion) in [...]

Korea’s Energy Overhaul Splits Fossil Fuels From Renewables, Prompting Fears of Policy Fragmentation

Korea’s Energy Overhaul Splits Fossil Fuels From Renewables, Prompting Fears of Policy Fragmentation

SEOUL, Sept.10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s sweeping government reorganization to expand the Ministry of Environment into a new Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment is drawing sharp criticism from energy experts, who warn that dividing authority over fossil fuels and renewables could weaken policy coherence and threaten energy security. Under the plan, the Environment [...]

Korea Lifts Venture Ban on Cryptocurrency Trading and Brokerage Firms

Korea Lifts Venture Ban on Cryptocurrency Trading and Brokerage Firms

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will remove cryptocurrency trading and brokerage from its list of industries barred from receiving venture business status, signaling a shift in how the government views the digital asset sector. The Ministry of SMEs and Startups said Tuesday that the Cabinet approved revisions to the Enforcement Decree of the [...]