SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The movie “The Hunt” starring Ahn Sung-ki and Cho Jin-woong successfully finished a round of crowdfunding on Tuesday, June 14. The Hunt Crowdfunding Corporation, established exclusively to raise funds for the movie, started attracting funds on June 13, with the goal of raising 300 million won. By 2 p.m. on [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has shown that mobile applications are the most sought-after means of applying for small loans, credit card loans, and even cash advances. Last month, Internet banking company K Bank commissioned a survey from market researcher Macromill Embrain in which 1,000 people between the ages of 25 and [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) – A Korean court has ruled that the South Korean government should pay reparations for farmland flooding that resulted from the Four Major Rivers Project. According to the Environmental Law Center, Seoul Central District Court decided partially in favor of the plaintiff, a landscaping company in Gyeongnam Chilgok that filed a 2 [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Fast Retailing Co., a public Japanese retail holding company that operates UNIQLO, plans to establish a “next-day delivery service” where products ordered through its online store are delivered the next day. Industry experts say that the Japanese company is taking countermeasures against Amazon, which provides same-day or next-day delivery services, [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Koreans are increasingly choosing to install residential solar cell panels at their homes. Last year, solar power generating units were supplied to 42 households in Daegu, and that number will go up to 600 this year. In April, 251 households from 34 apartment complexes applied for the panels. Under the [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Preceding the two-year evaluation of law schools, the Ministry of Education in Korea proposed a draft of evaluation criteria for an “impartial admission process” on June 13. The draft particularly addresses the recent controversial practice of including information regarding applicants’ parents or relatives on personal statements, the abolition of a [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A ruthless employer has chosen to pay his foreign workers their overdue wages with 22,000 coins. Foreign workers from Uzbekistan who worked at a construction site in South Gyeongsang Province’s Changnyeong County were given unpaid wages of 4.4 million won on June 9, all in coins. The builder gave them [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Anti-gay views and even hate crimes against members of the LGBT community have been on the rise recently. The Orlando mass shooting that just occurred two days ago was also a hate crime against the gay community, with 49 casualties and dozens more badly injured, according to BBC News. In [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Public Safety and Security’s Central Fire Service has designated 1,317 ambulances across Korea specifically for use during heatwaves, according to a report released on Sunday. These ‘heatwave ambulances’ will have nine different first aid kits, including ice vests, saline solution, intravenous injection set, and oral electrolyte solution. [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Short messages that are popular on social media such as Facebook or Instagram are now being published as a book. Aurum, part of the Munhakdongne Publishing Group, recently published a book called “A Storytelling Woman” written by Cho Yumi. Cho has gained fame by posting short, poetic messages on Facebook [...]