SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – An increasing number of South Korean banks are doing away with the country’s official identity verification process, which has long been criticized as ‘too complicated’ and ‘exhausting’, while being encouraged by financial authorities to do away with the excessive use of ActiveX, a software framework often slammed as ‘headache-inducing’. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Note 8 is expected to come with a price tag of 1.09 million won (US$962) here, industry sources said Monday, hovering above that of the device’s predecessor. According to the sources, the 64 GB Galaxy Note 8 is expected to come with a factory price [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Singer-actor Ok Taecyeon of boy band 2PM started his mandatory military service on Monday, according to his agency. “Ok Taecyeon enlisted as an active-duty soldier through a boot camp in the Army’s 9th Division located in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province,” JYP Entertainment said. Ok was accompanied by his family and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea’s nuclear program will top the agenda of the upcoming summit between South Korea and Russia this week, a Seoul presidential official said Monday. President Moon Jae-in and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are set to hold talks Wednesday, shortly after Moon’s arrival in Vladivostok to attend the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Pope Francis met with South Korean religious leaders during a courtesy visit over the weekend, and expressed concerns over the heightened tension in the region after North Korea’s latest nuclear test. In an address to the delegation of the Korean Council of Religious Leaders, consisting of representative of the Catholic [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The governing body behind Andong’s annual mask dance festival held a promotional event over the weekend in Seoul, showcasing dozens of masks from around the world. Prior to the 2017 iteration of the Andong Mask Dance Festival, the Andong Festival Tourism Foundation held an event as part of efforts to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — After a South Korean court ruled on August 31 that regular bonuses and meal allowances are to be considered part of ‘ordinary wages’ at Kia Motors, significant attention is being focused on whether Kia’s average annual wage will now surpass 100 million won. However, since salary negotiations are based on [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — “The public response to ‘God’s Gift’ is amazing. Many loyal spectators watch the drama every week. It is receiving good reviews and being talked about on SNS in high frequency,” said Joe Broido, the senior vice president of Thunderbird Entertainment, a Canadian production company that remade ‘God’s Gift’, which was broadcast [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) decided on September 1 to increase the number of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) to be examined in sanitary pads for women from the current 10 to 86 substances. “We have added 76 more VOCs to the current 10 substances for examination, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — After the Korean national football team passed up a golden chance to clinch a berth in the 2018 World Cup by registering a 0-0 draw with Iran, one of the hot topics of conversation was the condition of the pitch at Seoul World Cup Stadium. Son Heung-min, the ace [...]