SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Asiana Airlines Inc. and Hong Kong Airlines have begun codeshare flights that offer more options for passengers flying to and from Hong Kong, the company said Thursday. Asiana currently offers three to four daily flights on the Incheon-Hong Kong route. Hong Kong Airlines operates one daily flight on the [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of Chinese passengers traveling via Incheon International Airport in the first 10 days of this month dropped by 37 percent from a year ago amid a diplomatic row over the deployment of a U.S. missile defense system, its operator said Thursday. A total of 226,066 Chinese nationals [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Kia Motors Corp., South Korea’s second-biggest carmaker by sales, has added an advanced air filter system to its upgraded Sportage SUV amid growing concerns about deteriorating air quality, the company said Thursday. Kia Motors has launched the latest versions of the Sportage SUV, all mated with a high-performance air-conditioning [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Seaweed has been hailed as the next superfood by the Western media as of late, drumming up a great amount of interest for its health benefits, but sales of the plant have been decreasing for some time in South Korea along with the drop in rice consumption, and the government [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A new type of home appliance by LG Electronics that helps keep clothes fresh with steam is proving popular among South Korean consumers, with more than 100,000 units sold since its release, the company announced yesterday. Compared to the first version released in 2015, the new LG Styler is [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The state-run main creditor of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. said Thursday it is willing to negotiate with the state pension fund on the ailing shipbuilder’s debt rescheduling measures. The remarks by Korea Development Bank (KDB) CEO Lee Dong-geol came as the National Pension Service (NPS) is set [...]
SEJONG, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) – One-member households are projected to increase sharply over the next few decades as rapid demographic changes speed up a trend toward smaller family units, a government report showed Thursday. Households consisting of a single member will reach 8.1 million in 2045, accounting for 36.3 percent of the total families [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The former leader of the opposition Democratic Party, Moon Jae-in, has announced a series of plans to reshape South Korea’s mobile industry that will see widely criticized basic charges imposed by major telecommunications companies scrapped, a move that could widen his lead over rival candidate Ahn Cheol-soo from the People’s [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean automobile manufacturer Hyundai Motor’s recent decision to recall around 170,000 cars of five different models in its motherland due to manufacturing defects found in its Theta 2 engine was prompted by an insider, recent reports have revealed. A great level of attention is being paid to whistleblower [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Only five in 10 South Korean internet users are ready to adopt web standards, guidelines for web technology and design that promote best practices for using and building web sites, a new report revealed. A report released yesterday on South Korea’s internet environment by the Korea Internet & Security Agency [...]