SEOUL, South Korea, Sept 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Post said on September 28 that it began selling low-cost phones on the 27th and signed up 660 subscribers for the first day. Of these, 194 were changing their calling plan only while the remaining 427 bought phone devices as well as signing up for the [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Sept 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Following an advertising regulation on food items that may cause obesity, the government will this time crack down on caffeine drinks for their promotion on TV. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said on September 16 that it has notified administrative orders on restricting TV commercials [...]
SHINAN, South Korea, Sept 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The County government of Shinan in South Jeolla Province said on September 27 that an all-natural sea salt maker, Shinan Salt Inc., within its jurisdiction has succeeded in shipping 254.5 tons of high-quality salt to companies in Georgia and California. The remaining shipments of 395.5 tons will [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Sept 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Koreans in their 40s made 42 percent of purchases of e-book readers, according to a recent survey on ‘Biscuit Tab’ buyers by Interpark, Korea’s online shopping mall. The Biscuit Tab is Interpark’s equivalent of Amazon’s Kindle, running on Android. And for what purpose did these 40s purchase [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Sept 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The so-called “black consumer” is a major headache for retailers and companies making consumer goods. Recently a discount store in Seoul had a run-in with a middle-aged woman who claimed that she lost something she stored four months ago in a locker inside the store. She threw [...]
SEOUK, Korea, Sep 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul’s trendy youths in their 20s and 30s tend to have meals on Serogu-gil but splurge on latest fashion items on Garosu-gil, both located in toniest parts of Gangnam. According to credit card company BC Card on September 11 based on data collected from credit card transactions of [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sep 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Nine out of ten Facebook users in Korea get access to Facebook through their smartphones and tablet computers, according to a recent announcement by Facebook. This incredibly high number is not surprising given 78.5 percent of Koreans use smartphones in the 2011-2012 period, according to a report from the [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sep 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Here comes a TV commercial — soothing, encouraging and moving in its feature — dedicated to ordinary fathers who must have rough and challenging ones today. You couldn’t care less about your working overtime; substituting Ramen or noodle for regular diner; having a stomach pain; working throughout the weekend; [...]
The biting cold, I am not in fear of; the high-rise cliffs, not in fear of; and the scorching sun, not in fear of either. The only thing I am in fear of, however, is being not allowed to reach the one waiting for me. If any single person might be happier by my [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sep 09 (Korea Bizwire) – Energizer Korea said on September 8 that it held the previous day a tree-planting event at Haneul “Sky” Park near the Seoul World Cup Stadium in west Seoul. As part of a wider campaign “That’s Positive Energy” to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and green the environment, the company [...]