SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire)-Hyundai Motors Group announced that it has held a renewal opening of its’Kids’ Auto Park’ located inside Seoul Children’s Park. ‘Kids’ Auto Park’ is an education facility that teaches children about road safety. Cars suitable for children from ages six to 10 are featuredto elevate the quality of the education. Characters [...]
BUSAN, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire)-The Busan International Boat Showis set to open on September 17 at BEXCO and Suyeongman Yachting Center. The event will stage everything related to ocean leisure, including luxurious yachts and cutting-edge boats over a period of four days. It is expected that140 yachts and boats will be exhibited at the event. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest handset maker, slipped to the world’s 13th most valuable IT company by market cap as the tech giant’s shares suffered losses this year due to a bleak business outlook, a report showed Sunday. Samsung, South Korea’s most valuable company, had remained in the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Honda Motor Co., a Japanese carmaker, will voluntarily recall more than 18,690 crossover vehicles sold in South Korea due to manufacturing defects, the transportation ministry said Sunday. Subject to the recall are 18,690 CR-V vehicles produced between May 24, 2006, and March 29, 2011, according to the ministry. In [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has met with Chinese joint venture partners to discuss ways to expand cooperation in the petrochemical and chip businesses, his office said Sunday, in his latest efforts to boost business after being freed from jail. After being released on Aug. 14 upon receiving a [...]
“The puppies can barely open their eyes and remain only by their mother’s side but they were born very healthy and well.” “If all of you suggest names for our five Jindo puppies, it will be more meaningful and they will grow healthy and well.” – President Park Geun-hye on her Facebook SEOUL, Aug. 30 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) -- The future is here. While window shopping, customers can get information about a product displayed on the other side of a transparent OLED “window”. Customers can also try on outfits through virtual reality, and see how they would look from all directions. Samsung Electronics will reveal new products using [...]
DAEJEON, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire)– A Korean research company has succeeded in developing Layered Division Multiplexing(LDM) technology that can broadcast Ultra High Definition(UHD) and mobile High Definition(HD) quality programs at the same time. The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute(ETRI) announced that it has developed the next free network broadcasting system with ‘Clever Logic’, and succeeded [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire)– Byun Yang-gyun(67), the senior presidential secretary for policy planning to Korea’s late President Roh Moo-hyun, will take office as the chairman of Smile Gate Investment. Smile Gate Investment is an investment firm founded in 1999 that hasinvested in more than 300 venture businesses, including game companies such as Smile Gate and [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Jindo Island, the third largest island in South Korea and famous for its ‘Jindo Miracle Sea Road Festival,’ is a home to its iconic dog breed ‘the Korean Jindo-gae(gae means dog in Korean).’ In fact, the beloved indigenous canince breed is named after the island from which they are [...]