SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Thai celebrities and distinguished guests are appearing in a McDonald’s promotion for the company’s new corn pie. McDonald’s Korea held a promotional event titled ‘Corn Pie, the Taste of Thailand’ at a McDonald’s restaurant at Seoul Sangam DMC last Tuesday jointly with the Thai Department of International Trade Promotion [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Male cosmetics brands are focusing on communicating with Generation Z men, who will become power buyers in a few years. AmorePacific Corp., the nation’s No. 1 cosmetics company which launched its men’s makeup brand BeREADY on Friday, has been working hard to generate Generation Z fandom from the very [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — For public safety, the government will limit the length of dog leashes when taking a walk to 2 meters and make education mandatory for the owners of so-called “fierce dogs.” The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced Tuesday a revision to the Enforcement Rules of the Animal [...]
SIHEUNG, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — It was belatedly reported that large dump trucks were used to protect vinyl greenhouses last Saturday as Typhoon Lingling swept across the country. The Korea Construction Equipment Association received a request from the city of Siheung, Gyeonggi Province, to protect vinyl greenhouses at the wholesale flower garden in the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean research team will embark on a project to develop a system that can clear the snow from airport runways without requiring human labor. The Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials announced on Tuesday that it will begin research on developing an unmanned snow removal system for [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Government inspections will be improved to focus on preventing labor violations at South Korean businesses by using big data. The Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) announced comprehensive plans to improve labor inspections on Tuesday, vowing to use big data analysis to extract the list of businesses that require [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — One of Korea’s largest banks is seeking to innovate its work environment through a new flexible work-hour system. KB Kookmin Bank has been running a “KB Digital Office” system since mid-August that has enabled employees to call it a day from wherever their last meeting is, according to financial [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Chosun Ilbo, a major conservative newspaper, and TV Chosun, an affiliated cable network, rank near the top of the most distrustful media in Korea, a recent survey has shown. According to the 2019 Media Confidence survey of some 1,000 adult men and women conducted by weekly magazine SisaIN, the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Millie’s Library, a new e-book service provider, scored an immediate hit last year upon the release of its exclusive Korean-language audio translation of “Sapiens,” a global bestseller, read and recorded in famous Korean actor Lee Byung-hun’s baritone voice. The abridged and annotated audio version of the book, by Israeli [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Kun-hee, chief of South Korea’s top conglomerate, Samsung Group, saw his stock value increase the most over the past five years compared to other business tycoons, a report showed Tuesday. Lee, bedridden, held stocks worth 14.8 trillion won (US$12.4 billion) as of Friday, according to the report compiled [...]