SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics announced that it was beginning to operate a company-wide collective intelligence system “MOSAIC” from June 11, which has run trials since last March. “Mosaic” — conceptualized with the notion of concerted opinions from the employees — has been designed to stimulate creative suggestions from the employees and [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Even past the normal business hours of banks, Koreans can pay their bills and taxes easily at convenience stores with the so-called u-billing service. Now the service added another feature, paying social insurance bills at convenience stores such as those for national pension and healthcare insurance. Duzon BizOn, the [...]
Suwon, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Curling-themed mobile game application has been launched by Gyeonggi-do, the most populous province in South Korea on June 10. The curling game caught a nationwide popularity during the latest Winter Olympics in Sochi. With an aim to promote the organization’s advancement in policy planning — and attract the public [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) – According to a recent survey on the stock market, baby boomers are leaving the market as they try to increase the portion of investment in pension and insurance accounts preparing for their post-retirement lives. According to the Korea Exchange’s survey on stock investors and their holding volume of a [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics has unveiled a software development kit (SDK) on its website for app developers (developer.lge.com) to support the creation of applications exclusively for “Quick Circle Case,” a unique handset case for LG’s latest smartphone G3. With the SDK, anyone can develop applications easily without any special training. Bugs, [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) – In its novel attempt to draw attention to traditional markets which have seen stalling growth in terms of sales volume, SK Telecom has decided to hold a robot game competition for elementary school students at a traditional market in Incheon. The largest mobile carrier in Korea announced that it would organize [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Group’s “Passion Talk,” a series of talk concerts targeting university students since 2011 was held in China, the first-ever talk concert held overseas. The talk concert held at the 100th Anniversary Memorial Hall in Beijing University on June 10 attracted more than 3,000 Korean and Chinese students. Initially, [...]
NEW YORK, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics America, Inc., America’s fastest growing appliance brand1 and a global category leader, announced that renowned chef Daniel Boulud is joining Samsung Club des Chefs, an industry-first culinary initiative launched in 2013 that brings together celebrated chefs from around the world to collaborate with Samsung on the development [...]
DALLAS & SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC (Samsung Mobile USA) today announced the addition of three new executives to its leadership team. Robin Bienfait has joined as executive vice president and chief enterprise innovation officer of Global Enterprise Services, John Pleasants has joined as executive vice president of Samsung Media Solutions [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Recognized for its supremacy in quality management in Russian operation, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Russia (HMMR) has won the Quality Award from the Russia Federation Government. Hyundai Motor Company has announced that HMMR, its manufacturing unit located in Russia which specializes in the production of popular automotive models in Russia, [...]