JEJU, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Electric Power Corporation has signed an agreement with Costa Rica that could see its smart energy city project adopted by the Central American country. Officials from KEPCO and ICE, a Costa Rican government-run electricity and telecommunications services provider, met earlier this month to sign a letter of intent [...]
SEOUL, NOV. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government has announced plans to introduce small solar panels at 1 million households by 2022. Currently, around 30,000 households in Seoul are equipped with mini solar panels, but Seoul’s ambitious plan will see the number grow by a factor of more than 30, allowing one in every [...]
BUSAN, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean military football club Sangju Sangmu beat Busan IPark 1-0 to open the K League promotion-relegation playoff on Wednesday. Sangju midfielder Yeo Reum scored only goal in the first leg of the home-and-away series at Gudeok Stadium in Busan. The second leg will take place at Sangju Civic Stadium in Sangju, some 270 kilometers south of Seoul. The winner of this matchup [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top diplomat met with the head of the foreign affairs committee of the National People’s Congress of China on Wednesday and discussed bilateral ties and other issues of mutual concern, the foreign ministry in Seoul said the same day. Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha held a luncheon meeting with Fu Ying in Beijing at which the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 400 fifth-generation (5G) network experts gathered in Seoul on Wednesday to discuss the latest cutting edge industrial trends. The 4th Global 5G Event, hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT brought together influential mobile network operators and policymakers from around the world to help pave the way for next-generation mobile information and communication network. The 5G network [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The video for K-pop boy group BIGBANG’s “Bae Bae” has surpassed 100 million views on Youtube. It hit the milestone on Tuesday night, becoming the 11th video from the group to garner 100 million views on the global video-sharing service, the group’s agency YG Entertainment said on Wednesday. The group performded before 50,000 [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales at South Korea’s transportation sector gained ground for two years in a row last year on an increase in land and air services, government data showed Wednesday. The combined sales of local transportation firms totaled 141.2 trillion won (US$129.4 billion) in 2016, up slightly from 140.9 trillion won tallied a year ago, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea. The 2016 figure marked the [...]
SEOUL, NOV. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung SDS is branching out into the Chinese distribution industry after signing a business agreement with the Guangzhou Post Office. The latest move by Samsung’s information technology affiliate will see the company work with Chinese shopping websites to deliver products around the globe. According to industry statistics, China’s e-commerce market [...]
ROME, NOV. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean Cultural Center in Italy has held a cooking class with local bloggers and journalists as part of efforts to promote Korean food. During the special cooking class which took place on Monday, nine bloggers and web magazine editors learned to make traditional Korean dishes as well as Korean-Italian [...]
DAEJEON, NOV. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The Daejeon municipal government has announced plans to support remodeling projects for aged buildings and lease them to low income earners in the region at affordable prices. The fifth-largest city in South Korea is expected to tackle its housing issues by providing financial support to encourage more owners of aged [...]