SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and its luxury brand Genesis said Monday they have been named leading carmakers in terms of technology experience by U.S. market research firm J.D. Power. Hyundai ranked first for the sixth consecutive year among mass-market brands in the 2025 U.S. Tech Experience Index (TXI) study, scoring [...]
BUSAN, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A Jin Air airplane bound for Vietnam returned home shortly after takeoff from the southeastern port city of Busan due to a bird strike, industry officials said Friday. The airplane departed Gimhae International Airport in Busan, some 320 kilometers southeast of Seoul, for Nha Trang at 7:55 p.m. Thursday, [...]
NEW YORK, Aug. 22, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) — CertiK, the largest Web3 security services provider, released its 2025 Skynet Real World Asset (RWA) Security Report, providing a framework of structured criteria for users to perform due diligence and assess risks associated with various RWA protocols. RWAs are gaining prominence in the industry, as more users [...]
Global fans can catch the action on the pitch and step inside Ronaldo’s exclusive Hong Kong museum to celebrate the football icon HONG KONG, Aug. 22, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) — Football fever has swept through Hong Kong like never before! The Saudi Super Cup is making its historic East Asia debut this week, with global superstar Cristiano [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Choue Chung-won, the incumbent leader of World Taekwondo (WT), will run unopposed in his bid for his seventh and final term at the helm of the sport’s global governing body. Seoul-based WT announced Friday that Choue, 77, will be the sole candidate standing in its presidential election scheduled to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean business tycoons held a series of meetings with Bill Gates, chair of the Gates Foundation, during his visit to Seoul this week, discussing various agenda items from business ties to corporate social responsibility projects, industry sources said Friday. Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong met with Gates earlier [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Unification Minister Chung Dong-young on Friday met with British Ambassador to South Korea Colin Crooks, and discussed Korean Peninsula issues and cooperation on North Korea policy, according to the unification ministry. In the meeting, Chung explained the Lee Jae Myung administration’s efforts to restore frayed ties between the two [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Pay, a mobile payment system operated by Samsung Electronics Co., experienced a temporary disruption Friday, the company said, marking its third service disruption so far this year. Service failures for users with Hyundai Card were reported between 6:10 a.m. and 8:50 a.m. In a notice posted at 9:22 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — NCSOFT Corp., a leading South Korean game developer, said Friday it has signed a content distribution collaboration deal with local animation streaming platform Laftel. Under the agreement, Laftel will distribute 3,800 titles of animation content to NCSOFT’s NC Family Zone (NCFZ) PC cafes, starting Sept. 18. NCSOFT plans to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Korea said Friday its total number of outlets is “on track” to top 2,100 by year-end, underscoring the U.S. coffee chain’s continued growth in Asia’s fourth-largest economy. The Seattle-based coffee giant opened its first store near Ewha Womans University in Seoul in 1999 through a partnership with local [...]