SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop powerhouse JYP Entertainment has expanded its strategic partnership with U.S. Republic Records to launch more of its artists onto the world music scene. Republic Records, one of the biggest American record labels owned by Universal Music Group, on Thursday (U.S. time) announced the expansion of the alliance with [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Efforts are underway to enable South Koreans to conveniently verify their identities through smartphones. The country will begin the ID card mobile verification service on a trial basis in April, with the formal service scheduled to launch through the Government24 public service app in the first half of this year and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Several male recipients of the COVID-19 vaccine are struggling with severe hair loss. A 23-year-old man surnamed Ahn, began experiencing hair loss two weeks after being vaccinated with the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by Moderna Inc. last October. The hair loss continued, and after two weeks, his [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a retrial of a case launched by U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp. seeking a refund of 634 billion won (US$530 million) in purportedly undue withholding taxes paid in South Korea. The top court sent the case back to the appeals court in Suwon, south of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The most searched keyword on the South Korea’s popular online secondhand marketplace was bicycle last year, the app operator said Wednesday. Last year’s most searched keyword was bicycle with about 27.22 million cases and it kept the position as the most searched keyword for seven straight quarters, according to [...]
JEJU, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The government of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province said Wednesday it will launch the full-scale operation of a new shared logistics platform called ‘modang.’ The provincial government decided to establish the shared platform as a way to address the disadvantages local residents and companies face due to the province’s geographical [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The government is stepping up to mix hydrogen into town gas to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and expand the supply of hydrogen. The Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy joined hands with the Korea Gas Corp., Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning and others to establish a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Passengers on Korean Air Lines Co. flights will now be able to board airplanes by scanning their palms, instead of producing a boarding pass. The South Korea’s national flag carrier said Tuesday that it will introduce the country’s first ‘Bio Self-boarding Service’ for domestic flights, in which passengers can [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp., the South Korean carmakers that have been leading India’s automobile market, now face a movement for an online boycott after being embroiled in a territorial dispute. Several local netizens are calling on boycotting the two carmakers on Twitter and other social [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is stepping up to help children from multicultural families to attend college. The government held a committee session last week to decide upon relevant policies. Last year, the number of children from multicultural families attending elementary, middle and high school surpassed the 160,000 milestone, setting a new [...]