SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Hundreds of employees of Kumho Tire Co. on Thursday held a rally against plans by creditors to sell the company to China’s Qingdao Doublestar. About 750 workers held separate rallies at the company headquarters in Seoul and an R&D center in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, demanding creditors led by the [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean footballer Son Heung-min on Thursday departed for London to prepare for a new English Premier League (EPL) season with Tottenham Hotspur. Son stayed in his homeland about 70 days after having a successful season with Tottenham. He netted 21 goals in all competitions during the 2016-2017 season, [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday showcased its mid-end Galaxy A7 smartphone, which comes with top-notch features adopted by its flagship models. South Korea’s No. 1 mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said it will start the sales of the 5.7-inch Galaxy A7 this week. The Galaxy A7 comes with 16-megapixel [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – U.S. fast-food chain McDonald’s is facing further trouble in South Korea as more complaints were filed on Wednesday over undercooked hamburger patties, which allegedly caused at least one girl to become ill. A family, whose identity was withheld, filed a complaint against McDonald’s Korea with the Seoul Central District [...]
JEJU, South Korea, Jul. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Hundreds of animal bidders flocked to an auction of Jeju dogs held by the Jeju Livestock Institute (JLI) Tuesday, with hopes of adopting an animal from one of the most coveted dog breeds in South Korea. With a mere 20 puppies put up for auction, the JLI [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Google has launched a children’s pop-up exhibition at the National Museum of Korea which allows visitors to engage with the arts, using the latest artificial intelligence and virtual reality technology to draw digital pictures and enjoy high-resolution images of famous paintings. Dubbed ‘Google Arts & Culture Pop-Up Lab’, the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Messaging giant Kakao and search engines Google and Naver are the three largest mobile app makers in South Korea, a new industry report has revealed. Among Android smartphone users in the country, Kakao was branded the most popular mobile app maker both in the number of users and the average [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s foreign ministry said Wednesday that it is conducting an internal investigation into allegations that a diplomat stationed in Ethiopia sexually assaulted a female subordinate. A local news outlet reported that the high-ranking diplomat working at the South Korean Embassy to Ethiopia raped a subordinate official over the [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of South Korean scientists have developed high-strength and high-entropy alloys that can withstand temperatures as low as minus 196 degrees Celsius, the ICT ministry said Wednesday, a finding that can have various industrial applications. The team led by Kim Hyung-seob at Pohang University of Science and Technology developed [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A new report has claimed that among South Koreans attempting to quit smoking, young male workers in the service industry are most likely to fail due to stress that has been linked to the emotional labor many workers experience. The findings from a study conducted by a research team [...]