SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea, aiming to become the hub of Asia’s financial technology (fintech) sector, signed a memorandum of understanding with France on Monday. The agreement included sharing related information and supporting each other’s fintech firms. A partnership with France, a core player in the eurozone economy, is seen as offering [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The Man Booker International Award, received by novelist Han Kang on May 17, was not the only event that excited fans of Korean literature this May. Novelist Yu Jeong Jeong, famous for ‘7 Years of Night’ and ‘28’, released a brand new novel on May 16 titled ‘The Origin [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A seminar to begin a dialogue on the topic of TV commercials featuring actual victims of smoking, known as a ‘testimonial anti-smoking campaign’, is set to take place before the end of the month. According to an official from the Ministry of Health and Welfare on May 29, [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME) recently developed a new mobile phone application called ‘Glassdoor’ as part of efforts to strengthen company morale in light of recent financial difficulties. The new app, released on May 16, boasts a registry of 2,300 employees out of the 12,000 [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – As the number of patients from the Middle East has been growing in South Korea, specialty food normally found only in restaurants is being served at leading hospitals around the country. Records from the Health and Welfare Ministry and medical institutions showed a steady increase in the number of [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A ‘walking delivery service’ in which elderly individuals buy products themselves and then deliver them to their destination via metro trains and buses has recently been gaining popularity. The ‘walking delivery service’, which began in 2006 in Songpa-gu, Seoul, tallied over 10,000 deliveries last year – a whopping 25 [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – “Even though I am young, I will never regret my choice to enter the Buddhist monk life! I focus on my own path, I make my own way, and I am going to keep charging ahead!” A rap chanted out to a strong beat box filled the hall of [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Robot-assisted surgery has been attracting much attention, particularly for its strikingly high cost. Catherine Mohr, the vice president of medical research at Intuitive Surgical, defended robot-assisted surgery in a lecture titled ‘Surgery’s Past, Present, and Robotic Future’ at the Westin Chosun Hotel in Seoul, in which she explained, “Any new state-of-the-art [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The rate of increase in the number of temporary workers has been slowing across age groups except for those in their 60s and older, a study showed on Thursday. According to the study from the Korea Labor Institute, the number of non-permanent job holders had increased by 174,000 year-over-year by November [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A patent suit by China’s Huawei Technologies Co. against Samsung Electronics Co. is part of a “deft and sophisticated” strategy to raise its image as a global firm, a Korean government minister said on Thursday. The Chinese tech giant has filed a suit against its Android smartphone rival Samsung with courts in [...]