SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix has been speeding up efforts to strengthen strategic partnerships with South Korean content creators in an apparent move to expand its influence in the country’s burgeoning streaming service market. Last week, the U.S.-based streaming giant inked a deal with CJ ENM, an entertainment unit of CJ Group, and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Food delivery people who rely on digital platforms such as apps have to pay about 10 percent of their earnings in commissions, according to a recent report. Jang Jin-hee, a researcher at the Federation of Korean Trade Unions, and Sohn Jung-soon, a researcher at the Korean Contingent Worker’s Center, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s transport ministry said Monday it has completed checkups on the country’s 151 B737-NG planes for structural cracks, while aiming to finish the repair and replacement work on 13 faulty planes by January. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport discovered structural cracks on 13 B737-NG planes and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid a new trend dubbed ‘con-premium,’ a compound word of ‘convenience’ and ‘premium’, the outsourcing of household chores is being highlighted. Hyundai Card, a leading credit card issuer in South Korea, compiled purchasing data at 20 stores offering home services over the past three years, and the number of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court ruled for the first time that chauffeurs are laborers with legal rights to engage in collective bargaining. The Eastern Branch of Busan District Court rejected a lawsuit submitted by two chauffeur service providers against three chauffeurs. The two chauffeur services in Busan have been using [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s transport ministry said Wednesday it is seeking to increase the number of flights on non-Japanese routes as part of efforts to help airlines suffering lower travel demand to Japan. The government is in talks with the aviation authorities in Singapore, Indonesia and Brunei to supply more flights [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Two affiliates of energy and construction-centered GS Group said Tuesday they have formed a partnership with U.S. micro-mobility startup Lime to offer better mobility services using their infrastructure. GS Caltex Corp., a major refiner, and GS Retail Co., the group’s retail business affiliate, will provide charging services for Lime’s [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The so-called ‘edutech’ industry, relating to a form of education that makes use of information technology (IT), is expected to replace paper workbooks that once led the education industry. Edutech, a term that combines ‘education’ with ‘technology,’ is now going beyond online courses on computers, smartphones, and tablets to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Hit hard by a boycott against travel to Japan, the travel industry is looking for a breakthrough with the rising popularity of customized trips where clients can choose the specifics of their travel . The number of users of “group-tailored travel service” by South Korea’s major travel agency Hana [...]
SEOUL/TOKYO, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Japanese messaging app provider Line Corp., controlled by South Korea’s No. 1 internet portal, Naver Corp., and internet portal Yahoo Japan Corp. said Monday that they have reached a basic merger deal, in a move to form a leading artificial intelligence (AI) company to compete with global behemoths. Under [...]