SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean airlines are on alert as the coronavirus outbreak continues to grow. The Covid-19 outbreak comes with airlines already reeling from cutting flights to Japan as Korea and Japan were locked in diplomatic strife last summer. Now, flights to destinations in China and Southeast Asia are also threatened. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The three-party alliance led by Hanjin Group heiress Cho Hyun-ah, widely known for the “nut rage” incident in 2014, on Thursday reiterated a need to replace the current leadership of the debt-laden South Korean airline conglomerate. The 45-year-old heiress has recently joined hands with the Korea Corporate Governance Improvement [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — While online shopping has become a key retail channel, there are wide variations in channel preferences by different age groups. According to a survey by South Korean retail industry analysis service WiseRetail last year on the value of payments for online services by generation, people in their 20s paid [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The rapid growth of online shopping has led to a significant increase in consumer interest in the parcel delivery service industry. Global Big Data Research, a South Korean big data analysis company, analyzed the amount of online information such as news and social media posts for the period between [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court ruled in favor of the ride-hailing service Tada as a legitimate rental car service Wednesday, in a landmark decision that will likely support the mobility platform industry. The Seoul Central District Court acquitted Lee Jae-woong, car-sharing app operator SoCar, and Park Jae-uk, head of SoCar’s subsidiary [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, the national flag carrier of the Netherlands, offered a public apology Friday for not allowing South Korean passengers to use an on-board toilet due to concerns about the new coronavirus. The incident occurred on a KLM flight to Incheon from Amsterdam on Monday when a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Woowa Brothers Corp., the operator of delivery app Baedal Minjok, said Thursday that it will introduce an artificial intelligence (AI) delivery service for the first time in South Korea. The company explained that the system will be launched in the Songpa and Gangdong districts in Seoul on February 27 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean airlines’ first-quarter earnings may be dismal as they suspended or reduced flights on international routes amid the spreading COVID-19 virus outbreak, analysts said Thursday. In their latest move to respond to the virus, Asiana Airlines Inc., the country’s second-biggest airline after Korean Air Lines Co., said it [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean airlines said Monday they will maintain the suspension of some flights to China until the end of March as people opt not to travel to the neighboring country amid the spreading coronavirus outbreak. The country’s two full-service carriers — Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Hotel Shilla’s long-planned project to build a hanok-style hotel near a historic site in Seoul has been given the green light and it is expected to break ground as early as in March, according to the relevant authorities Friday. The central district of Jung Ward announced that it recently [...]