SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Okja, director Bong Joon-ho’s action-adventure film that wowed audiences at the Cannes Film Festival, is once again under fire, this time in South Korea, with Netflix choosing to release the film online at the same time as it is released at local theaters. Along with another Netflix film, The Meyerowitz [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent report from the National Radio Research Agency has revealed that an LG smartwatch has the highest Specific Absorption Rate, as part of an EM wave absorption analysis for Apple, Samsung and LG smartwatches. The SAR measures the rate at which energy is absorbed by the human body [...]
JEJU, South Korea, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Al Gore, the former United States Vice President, and a devoted environmentalist, said that a food crisis triggered by drastic climate change was behind the Arab revolutions and the Syrian civil war. Speaking at the Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity on Thursday, Gore said that the [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s government on Friday approved an additional eight requests by local aid providers and religious groups to have contact with North Koreans over inter-Korean exchanges. The Ministry of Unification said that it gave the green light to plans by two humanitarian aid providers and six religious groups to [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 80 percent of the public approve of President Moon Jae-in’s job performance so far, a survey showed Friday, less than a month after the liberal took office. In the survey conducted on 1,004 adults from Tuesday to Thursday, 84 percent of respondents said they think Moon is [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it has reached an agreement with three local banks to allow users to use banking services via its voice command program, Bixby. The South Korean tech giant said under the project with Shinhan Bank, Woori Bank and KEB Hana Bank, users can ask the [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – New National Intelligence Service (NIS) director Suh Hoon on Thursday ordered the abolition of domestic intelligence operations, setting in motion a campaign to reform the spy agency long suspected of meddling in politics to support ruling elites. Suh issued the order shortly after President Moon Jae-in conferred an appointment [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Fewer than 4 in 10 irregular workers in South Korea benefit from the country’s state pension program, a much lower percentage than full-time employees, a report said Thursday. Slightly over 36 percent of temporary workers had state pension subscriptions as of 2016, compared to 83 percent for regulars, according [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea is again bolstering its anti-smoking efforts, advertising new smoking cessation aids on state television. On May 30, the Korean Central News Agency introduced a nicotine patch – “a cutting-edge technology quit-smoking aid” – that helps smokers stop their habit. “This highly effective nicotine patch is newly introduced [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Despite the South Korean elderly (60 and above) spending fewer hours on their smartphones compared to other age groups, they turned out to be the biggest readers of mobile news. In a study conducted by the Barun ICT Research Center (Yonsei University), older Koreans spent an average of 18.8 [...]