SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Jungkook, a member of K-pop juggernaut BTS, will headline 2023 Global Citizen Festival, a large-scale U.S. charity concert set to be held this month, the group’s agency said Thursday, citing the festival’s official social media accounts. The Global Citizen Festival is a large-scale charity concert organized by Global Citizen, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A statue of St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon (1821-1846), the first Korean native Catholic priest, was erected at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City on Tuesday (local time). The statue was installed by the outer wall of St. Peter’s Basilica, adjacent to the entrance to the Vatican Grottoes, where most [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea saw an increase in the average first-marriage age last year, with men marrying at an average age of 33.7 and women at 31.3, up from a year ago. The number of first marriages declined, while the number of single-person households increased. On Wednesday, the Ministry of Gender [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey revealed that over 80 percent of South Korean workers in their 20s and 30s hold a favorable view of the ‘superior selection system,’ in which subordinates can choose their bosses. Recently, a Japanese company gained widespread attention by implementing this system, allowing subordinates to choose their [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Wednesday introduced a tagless fare payment system at 12 subway stations on the Ui-Sinseol Light Rail Transit (excluding Bomun Station) in collaboration with transportation card issuer Tmoney Co. This marks the world’s first introduction of a tagless system in a subway network. The term [...]
PHOENIX, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. (“WillScot Mobile Mini” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: WSC), the North American leader in innovative temporary space solutions, today announced that Brad Soultz, Chief Executive Officer, and Matt Jacobsen, Senior Vice President of Finance, will participate in a presentation and host private investor meetings at [...]
ATLANTA, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — In a significant collaboration, Matmerize, Inc., a materials AI innovator, and Resonac Corporation have formed a strategic partnership aimed at revolutionizing the landscape of 6G technology. Building on the strong collaborative foundation, Resonac will leverage the power of Matmerize’s PolymRize™ AI software technology to accelerate the development of exceptional high-performance neat and composite [...]
MILAN, Italy, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The second call for proposals of the new edition of ‘Up2Stars’ – the programme for the promotion of innovative start-ups in Italy, developed by Intesa Sanpaolo in collaboration with the Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Centre – is dedicated to Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency. The energy sector is one [...]
RICHMOND, British Columbia, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Today, General Fusion announced the appointment of Norman Harrison to its Board of Directors. Norman is a world-class executive in the energy sector, with 40 years of unique experience providing leadership to both the fusion energy and nuclear fission communities. His experience includes serving as the CEO [...]
The renewed agreement will see the parties further develop their Digital Twin which will integrate multiple data streams from TMC’s future production system and will enable 3D visualization of its deep-sea operating environment, providing ‘eyes and ears’ to the regulator and stakeholders In 2022, TMC took delivery of a prototype of the Digital Twin which [...]