SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it will release a new flip-style smartphone this week, seeking to grab consumers still yearning for handsets with traditional design. The South Korean tech giant said although the Galaxy Folder 2 looks like earlier models of handsets, it runs on the Android 6.0 platform [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly 80 percent of South Koreans support a resumption of long-suspended inter-Korean dialogue, a survey by a presidential advisory panel showed Thursday, indicating strong backing for the policy line of new President Moon Jae-in. In the survey by the National Unification Advisory Council, 76.9 percent of respondents said South Korea should [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Google Inc. is teaching an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to generate music and art as part of its efforts to expand the limits of computer creativity to the level of human beings going forward, the company’s senior engineer said Thursday. The ambitious yet experimental “Magenta” project is one of [...]
HANOI, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Thang Long University in Hanoi said Thursday it will offer an undergraduate course in Korean cuisine in cooperation with South Korea as part of its efforts to develop Korean dish experts, starting from this year’s autumn semester. It marks the first time for a Vietnamese university to open such [...]
INCHEON, South Korea, June 22 (Yonhap) – Air Seoul Inc., a South Korean budget carrier, said Thursday it will focus its business on foreign destinations and has no plan to fly on domestic routes. In October last year, Air Seoul joined the country’s five low-cost carriers — Jin Air Co., Jeju Air Co., Air Busan [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of people earning a living by renting property has risen sharply in recent years, government data showed Thursday, amid a market boom brought on by policy measures to prop up the housing market. The total number in the rental and leasing businesses surged to 1,452,000 people as [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Busan Metropolitan City is set to introduce a portable electric vehicle charging system at local apartment buildings and complexes as part of efforts to encourage the use of alternative fuel vehicles. The latest move by the Busan government to sign a memorandum of understanding with local representatives of residential [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Wealthy tourists from the Middle East spent the most in South Korea last year, a new tourism report has revealed. According to the Korea Culture and Tourism Institute, Middle Eastern tourists spent an average of approximately $2,593 last year, amounting to nearly 3 million won when exchanged to Korean won, [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced plans on Wednesday to invest in public sharing economy infrastructure at apartment blocks in an effort to encourage the development of communities that share. Dubbed ‘Sharing Village’, Seoul’s new infrastructure project will see bicycle and car sharing facilities, which are often scattered around the city, [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) – BMW said Wednesday it will sell its 10 millionth 5 series model through an auction in South Korea later this month. It is the first time for an imported carmaker to sell their limited editions in an auction here. An auction slated on June 28 will find the owner of [...]