SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s “Pink Venom” topped 700 million views on YouTube on Friday, the group’s agency said. “Pink Venom” is the prereleased track off the quartet’s second full-length album, “Born Pink,” released Sept. 16 last year. YG Entertainment said the song’s music video surpassed [...]
BUAN, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean organizers of the 25th World Scout Jamboree have touted the quadrennial global event as a cultural Olympics for youth expected to provide opportunities for young Scouts to learn about different cultures and build friendships through outdoor camping and cultural activities. But the event, which drew about 43,000 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has confirmed a highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) virus in cat food used at a Seoul animal shelter that earlier reported flu cases among cats, the agriculture ministry said Friday. Earlier this week, the H5 AI strain was found in two kinds of cat food — Balanced [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A series of threats to commit copycat crimes have been posted online following a stabbing rampage at a department store in Bundang, just south of Seoul, sending police to step up patrols and hunt down the writers, authorities said Friday. On Thursday evening, a man in his early 20s, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean internet portal giant Naver Corp. said Friday its second-quarter operating profit and revenue hit quarterly highs, driven by the robust performance of its commerce and content businesses. Its net profit rose more than 80 percent on an annual basis to 286.7 billion won (US$220.7 million), up 80.9 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top construction equipment maker HD Hyundai Infracore Co. said Thursday it will launch an online store dedicated to excavators, marking the first of its kind in the local construction machinery sector. The company’s in-house brand, DEVELON, will establish the online store to facilitate the sales of the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of retail investors accessing mobile trading systems (MTS), or smartphone trading, is rapidly rising amid sharp fluctuations in the share prices of secondary battery materials producers. According to industry sources, the daily active users (DAU) for five major brokerages — Mirae Asset Securities Co., Samsung Securities Co., [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean scientists have developed a new sensor technology that simplifies the detection of hydrogen leaks through color changes. Until now, hydrogen leaks have been detected using resistive or electrochemical sensors. However, these sensors are bulky, expensive, and only provide density information, making it challenging to pinpoint the exact [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Aerospace Co., an aerospace business unit of South Korean conglomerate Hanwha Group, said Thursday it has completed the development of an energy storage system (ESS) designed for large ships in collaboration with Hanwha Ocean Co., a shipbuilding unit of the group. The newly developed ESS is based on [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Environment said Thursday it will issue an advance notice for the revision of the enforcement ordinance and regulation of the Waste Management Act, which will introduce provisions for additional recycling categories and criteria for various items, including coffee grounds and waste cooking oil. The revised regulations [...]