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First Look: Four Seasons Hotel Seoul Prepares to Welcome the World This Fall

First Look: Four Seasons Hotel Seoul Prepares to Welcome the World This Fall

SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The countdown is on for the year’s most highly anticipated opening as Four Seasons puts the final touches of perfection on its first location in Korea: the future of luxury hospitality as embodied in the all-new Four Seasons Hotel Seoul. With the promise of exceptional accommodations, an incredible [...]

LG Encourages Consumers to “Consume with Care” on World Environment Day

LG Encourages Consumers to “Consume with Care” on World Environment Day

SEOUL, Jun. 5 (Korea Bizwire) ― To commemorate its sixth year of collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), LG Electronics (LG) will mark the occasion with a global employee volunteer program to start on World Environment Day (WED), June 5. World Environment Day (www.unep.org/wed) was established by the United Nations General Assembly in [...]

Netmarble’s “Marvel Future Fight” Smashes Through 10 Million Downloads Worldwide

Netmarble’s “Marvel Future Fight” Smashes Through 10 Million Downloads Worldwide

SEOUL, South Korea, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Marvel Future Fight, the blockbuster Mobile Action RPG from leading gaming company Netmarble Games has officially hit the Top 10 ‘Top Free’ Apps, surpassing 10 million downloads across 118 countries in two weeks. With rave customer reviews in the App StoreSM and Google Play™ Store, the game [...]

Hyundai Donates 2015 Sonata to High School Automotive Program

Hyundai Donates 2015 Sonata to High School Automotive Program

DANVERS, Mass., May 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Essex Technical High School received a new addition to its Technology and Services Academy from Hyundai Motor America. The company donated a 2015 Sonata that will be used to train new technicians, which is extremely critical for the automotive industry. The students and faculty received the keys today.   “We are [...]

C-Festival, the Global MICE Festival, to be Held in Samseong-dong, Seoul, Korea, in May 2015

C-Festival, the Global MICE Festival, to be Held in Samseong-dong, Seoul, Korea, in May 2015

SEOUL, South Korea, Mar. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The C-Festival Organizing Committee (Chairman: Chairman Kim In-Ho of KITA)[1] is hosting the 2015 C-Festival (http://c-festival.com/), the performing festival converging culture, arts and technology at the Korea World Trade Center in Samseong-dong, Seoul for 11 days from April 30 to May 10, 2015. The goal of C-Festival [...]

LINE and UNICEF Sign Global Partnership Agreement

LINE and UNICEF Sign Global Partnership Agreement

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — LINE, the world’s leading mobile platform, and The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) signed a global partnership agreement on February 13, 2015. Jong Nam Oh, Executive Director of The Korean Committee for UNICEF and Jung-ho Shin, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of LINE Plus Corporation and Chief Globalization Officer [...]

LG G3 and Google Cardboard Bring Mobile Virtual Reality to Everyday Life

LG G3 and Google Cardboard Bring Mobile Virtual Reality to Everyday Life

SEOUL & MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) ― LG Electronics (LG) and Google are making virtual reality (VR) more accessible to mainstream consumers. LG today announced a free VR for G3 giveaway for customers who purchase new LG G3 smartphones. LG’s VR for G3 works with Google Cardboard and enables G3 owners to [...]

LG Chem Leads World’s Biggest Building Installation of OLED Lighting at SNU

LG Chem Leads World’s Biggest Building Installation of OLED Lighting at SNU

SEOUL, South Korea, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Chem., Ltd., the world’s largest OLED light panel manufacturer, today unveiled the world’s biggest building installation of OLED lighting at the inauguration ceremony for Seoul National University’s new main library. LG Chem supplied 1,100 OLED light panels for reading lights at the KwanJeong Library at Korea’s premier [...]