SEOUL, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean credit card company BC Card is adopting KT’s blockchain-based electronic signature capture system (ESC), a world’s first, which could slash the time spent processing electronic signatures by up to 70 percent. The collaboration between the South Korean telecom giant and BC Card will see the blockchain technology, which [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) – After axing Uli Stielike as the men’s national team boss, South Korean football has now placed its bet on Shin Tae-yong, who will have to serve a firefighting role again for his country. The Korea Football Association (KFA) on Tuesday announced that Shin will lead the senior squad through [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Fewer than one in ten South Korean companies are on board with the government’s call to adopt so-called ‘blind recruitment’ practices, in which employers are encouraged to judge job candidates as individuals and divert their attention from their education levels and relative work experience, according to a new survey. [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — As the birth rate in South Korea has plummeted to a record low level, the number of privately-owned kindergartens closing due to a shortage of students is on the rise. In the past two years, the number of family child care centers, privately owned small-scale kindergartens with fewer than [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Officials at Seoul Grand Park Zoo have decided to adopt 51 local stray cats that have been living on the premises into the zoo’s family. Stray cats at the zoo had not been officially recognized by zoo authorities previously despite having lived there for a while, until officials announced [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) – World No. 1 female golfer Ryu So-yeon on Wednesday issued an apology for her father’s unpaid tax problem and behavior against public servants here. Ryu, who became the top-ranked player in women’s golf after winning the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship last month, said through her local agency Bravo & [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A criminal complaint was lodged against the South Korean unit of McDonald’s on Wednesday by parents who claim that their daughter became permanently ill after eating one of its burgers that was served with undercooked meat. The plaintiffs said their four-year-old girl was diagnosed with hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS), a [...]
SEJONG, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Purchases made through mobile gadgets like smartphones reached a new all-time high in May as a growing number of people are becoming adept in using wireless devices for various reasons, government data showed Wednesday. Mobile transactions through smartphones and tablets reached 3.82 trillion won (US$3.3 billion) in May, soaring [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The sale of environment friendly vehicles is on the rise in South Korea’s used car markets as the government moves to reduce fine dust-emitting diesel vehicles, a local website said Wednesday. Pre-owned car sales data offered by SKencarsales.com back up the trend. It said SK encar.com, a certified Korean [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The first video footage showing women presumed to be Korean sex slaves for Japanese troops during World War II was discovered in the United States, the Seoul city government said Wednesday. The human rights center at Seoul National University unveiled the video filmed in 1944 of seven female captives [...]