SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung C&T Corp. and six other South Korean companies have ranked among the world’s top 100 builders based on their 2022 sales, Deloitte Korea said Wednesday. Samsung C&T, the construction and trading arm of South Korea’s No. 1 conglomerate Samsung Group, placed 15th, down two notches from a year [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The Samsung Guide Dog School (SGDS) is celebrating its 30th anniversary. It was started by the late Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee, who was a dog lover. Over the past 30 years, SGDS has increased awareness about disabilities and guide dogs and has become an important part of Samsung’s charitable [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor and Kia Corp. announced on Tuesday the commencement of a navigation solution demonstration project, ‘Universal Mobility 2.0,’ aimed at assisting the movement of vulnerable pedestrians, including the visually impaired, in Singapore. Universal Mobility is a smart city project undertaken by Hyundai and Kia to provide a futuristic urban [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The increasing number of inexpensive coffee shops near schools and hagwons (Korean cram schools) is causing worries about young people consuming too much caffeine. Teenagers mention that they visit these affordable coffee shops because they are everywhere and the beverages there don’t cost much. And affordable, caffeinated coffee can be [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) –Korean actors and K-pop stars have gained unprecedented popularity across the world in recent years for their outstanding talent and performances on screen and stage. At the same time, Korean pop culture fans have also been inspired by such celebrities’ appearances, especially their makeup styles, which put the focus [...]
BUSAN, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The documentary film ‘No Boundaries,’ directed by JIN Jae-woon, has been getting a lot of praise at international film festivals. It’s all about a national park on the Korean Peninsula. In the film, you’ll see stunning views of the Korean Peninsula National Park, which is celebrating its 55th anniversary [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean Intellectual Property Office’s Special Police Unit for Trademarks (known as The SJP) has announced that it will take action against fake goods at Blackpink’s final world tour concert at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul’s Guro-gu on the weekend of September 16-17. This special unit was established [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A video has gone viral featuring South Korean football star Son Heung-min, currently playing for the Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, refusing to hold a fan’s iPhone for a selfie. Son now serves as a PR ambassador for Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy brand, a rival to Apple’s tech products. Although he [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Among South Korea’s top 500 listed companies, 10 firms, including Hyundai Mobis, SK Telecom, Korea Zinc and Shinsegae, have been profitable for 94 consecutive quarters. However, among the companies that have sustained long-term profitability, several have slipped to losses due to the global economic downturn and the semiconductor market slowdown, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Mobis’ innovative drowsy driving prevention technology has earned the prestigious Presidential Award at the 2023 Korea Safety Technology Awards, as announced by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety on Tuesday. This groundbreaking technology, known as “M.Brain,” combats drowsy driving accidents by continuously monitoring the driver’s real-time condition through brainwave [...]