SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government is expected to hold a discussion next week on controversial carpool services that have been accused of violating the Passenger Transport Service Act. The meeting is expected to gather together experts and officials from the taxi and ICT industries, civic groups, and government officials to [...]
CHANGWON, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Navy joined the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics torch relay in Changwon on Tuesday. The Olympic flame was carried by a Navy official on Munmu the Great, the first time in history an Olympic torch relay has taken place on a Navy destroyer, according to the PyeongChang Organizing Committee. Representing [...]
SUWON, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The World Toilet Association is scheduled to hold its fourth general meeting in Suwon to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The international organization dedicated to creating a toilet revolution is holding a general meeting next week at the Ibis Ambassador Suwon in Gyeonggi Province. Some 150 participants from 22 countries are [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean mobile virtual network operators (MVNO) are struggling to survive amid growing competition, with Homeplus set to pull out of the industry later this month. There are fears that Homeplus’s announcement that it was withdrawing its MVNO service Plus Mobile from next month will cause a chain reaction in [...]
BUSAN, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – A 14-year-old homeschool student will begin a law degree next year after becoming the youngest person to be accepted into Youngsan University. Lee Ji-yeon is expected to enter university next year at the age of 14, while most people her age in South Korea will be going to high school. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Melania Trump is back in Washington D.C. after accompanying her husband Donald Trump on his trip to Asia, but her charm and soft power that appealed to the South Korean public linger on. The First Lady returned to the U.S. after visiting Japan, South Korea and China with U.S. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and Japan have discussed ways to provide Koreans with more job opportunities in Japan where employment rates rose speedily, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. During his three-day trip to Japan till Tuesday, Vice Foreign Minister Cho Hyun met with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama, other senior [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Police said Tuesday they have found no traces of alcohol or drugs in late actor Kim Joo-hyuk’s body, reaffirming the preliminary conclusion that he died of a severe head injury inflicted in the tragic car accident late last month. Police released the autopsy and biopsy results on the veteran [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Jin Air Co., the low-cost carrier unit of Hanjin KAL Corp., launched a chatbot service on Tuesday, giving automatic answers to customers through an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm, the company said. “Jaid” is an online messaging tool that uses deep-learning technology to answer questions from customers about various information [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean companies had a lucrative Chinese Singles’ Day season, with hot water bottles, baby products and cosmetic facial masks among the most popular items. Lock & Lock racked up a total of 5.8 billion won in sales on China’s Singles’ Day, up 12 percent from last year. Sales [...]