SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) ― LG introduces its newest premium Bluetooth stereo headset developed in collaboration with Harman/Kardon, one of the leading audio equipment manufacturers. With superb sound experience certified by Harman/Kardon, LG Tone InfinimTM (HBS-900) delivers great sound in a stylish design highlighted by sleek curves and glossy metallic finish. The Tone InfinimTM also [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – As Samsung’s smart watches including Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo and Gear Fit are getting popular in Korea, the days of wearable devices seem to be around the corner. An interesting thing is that the government is not conducting tests to measure electromagnetic waves generated by the current models. [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Shin Jong-kyun, president of Samsung Electronics’ IT & mobile division, has made 9,664 million won in income during the three-month period in the first quarter of this year, becoming the highest-earning executive in Korea for the quarter. According to the first-quarter report submitted by the company to the Financial [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – According to Flea Market Korea, one of Korea’s job portals, which conducted a survey on 468 working men in Korea and asked ‘What would you do differently if you can travel back in time?” over six out of ten answered that they would choose different career instead of the [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s mom and pop grocery stores begin adopting “weather risk management” systems which employ demand-prediction marketing tools depending on weather variables, joining the growing trend of “going big data” among the mainly IT industries. As opposed to conglomerates and big convenient store chains, which have been following the trend and [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – S Oil, one of Korea’s top three oil companies, garnered huge attention last year by staging very unique marketing campaign: the HERE Campaign. S Oil decided to help their consumers use less gas (due to their failing to find out proper parking space and thereby wandering around the streets) [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of domestic investors who buy and sell overseas stocks directly without the mediation of brokers is on the rise rapidly. Up until now, most investors had to purchase stock funds in order to make investments in foreign stocks. This pattern has emerged since last year. According to [...]
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SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Four Seasons Productions, the film producer famous for planning a low-budget but very successful independent movie “Old Partner” and critically acclaimed documentaries including “The DMZ Redux” and “Steel Route,” was closed temporarily after a stretch of financial problem. Released in January 2009, Old Partner showed independent films could be [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The average number of credit cards per person has fallen below four last year in Korea. The number is likely to decrease this year as debit cards are gaining popularity and people tend to avoid using credit cards even more due to a series of data security breaches. On [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – An appeals court ruled in favor of the plaintiff SK Telecom in a lawsuit against the Fair Trade Commission over its alleged support to an IT services company within SK Group. The Seoul Appeals Court recently handed a sentence that it is illegal that the commission issued a corrective [...]