SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — An appellate court on Monday acquitted Lee Sang-hoon, former chairman of Samsung Electronics Co.’s board of directors, of disrupting union activities at a Samsung affiliate in violation of labor laws, overturning a jail sentence by a lower court. Lee and 31 other former and incumbent Samsung executives and officials [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — For a group that debuted less than 72 hours ago, the hopes and anticipation riding on TREASURE, the new boy band under YG Entertainment, as well as the pressure it has come to bear, couldn’t be bigger or heavier. As arguably this year’s “monster rookie” in K-pop, the media [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid a string of landslides following heavy downpours across the country, some are blaming the solar power facilities installed on a number of mountain slopes across the country as one of primary factors behind the increase in landslides. In particular, some claim that the number of such facilities increased [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. plans to hold an event to celebrate Samsung Electronics Co.’s new phablet Galaxy Note 20 debut via a ‘drive-thru’ service. On Thursday morning, a day before the Galaxy Note 20’s official pre-order opening, a preliminary event will be held at Bitplex [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of subscribers to 5G mobile networks topped 7 million in June, after the country began to offer the fastest mobile service in April last year, data showed on Monday. The country had 7.37 million 5G users as of June, up 493,101 from the previous month, according to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s environment ministry said Sunday that it will revamp a subsidy scheme for electric vehicles (EVs), with the current proposal centering on excluding high-priced EVs from the subsidy recipients. The country’s fat subsidies for EVs have been a major contributor to the popularity of eco-friendly cars. The overhaul [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Park Sung-hwan has been an ARMY, a fan of K-pop sensation BTS, for only about seven months, and when Samsung Electronics Co. announced the launch of BTS-themed gadgets, he didn’t hesitate to buy one. Park, whose wife and daughter are also ARMYs, went to the Weverse Shop, the official [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military unit based in Lebanon provided emergency relief items to the Middle Eastern country on Saturday to help recovery from a recent deadly explosion, Seoul’s defense ministry said. A total of 6,000 sets of medical supplies and other relief items were handed over by the Dongmyung Unit [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A new online map will enable users to check which subway stations have a higher risk of digital sex crimes associated with the use of illegal hidden cameras, police said Thursday. The National Police Agency had developed a new system in collaboration with KT Corp., a major South Korean [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Prime Hyundai, a Hyundai Motor Co. dealership in Brazil, recently hired an adorable full-time employee which has become a hot issue there. The adorable full-time employee is an abandoned dog, which is now beloved by many of the shop’s customers. The abandoned dog was named Tucson Prime. The dealership, [...]