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Popular Mobile Webcomic Service, LINE Webtoon, Debuts in the United States and Worldwide

Popular Mobile Webcomic Service, LINE Webtoon, Debuts in the United States and Worldwide

LOS ANGELES, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — LINE Webtoon, the popular mobile comic app, launched in the United States and worldwide on smartphones, tablets and web browsers. Fans can now view LINE Webtoon through downloading the app for free on Google Play for Android devices starting today and on iOS devices on the Apple App [...]

Introduction of Final Entries for the Seoul International Drama Awards 2014

Introduction of Final Entries for the Seoul International Drama Awards 2014

SEOUL, KOREA, Jul. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Drama Awards Organizing Committee announced the final entries of the 9th Seoul International Drama Awards 2014. Featuring diverse international drama productions, the annual awards ceremony received a total of 209 submissions from 50 nations including Korea, Taiwan, Australia, as well as the United States and United Kingdom, [...]

Samsung Branded Interactive Digital Learning Suite to Be Deployed across the Globe

Samsung Branded Interactive Digital Learning Suite to Be Deployed across the Globe

RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J., June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics America, Inc. today announced major updates to Samsung School, its fully integrated one-to-one learning solution, available now for school districts for the 2014-2015 academic year. Designed to be more intuitive and participatory, the latest version of Samsung School will be on display at Booth #1514, [...]

South Korea’s MEGABOX Selects MasterImage 3D as 3D Digital Cinema Partner

South Korea’s MEGABOX Selects MasterImage 3D as 3D Digital Cinema Partner

SEOUL, South Korea, June 25, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–MEGABOX, one of South Korea’s largest cinema chains, today will debut the first MI-HORIZON3D system in South Korea for the opening of Transformers: Age of Extinction. Following the successful installation of the high-brightness, premium MI-HORIZON3D, MEGABOX will continue to deploy systems throughout the year. The MI-HORIZON3D is the innovative [...]

Samsung to Kick off Third Year of Samsung Mobile App Academies with Four Additional Cities and New Application Coding Curriculum

Samsung to Kick off Third Year of Samsung Mobile App Academies with Four Additional Cities and New Application Coding Curriculum

DALLAS, June 17, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile) is continuing to  help students mobilize their future with its expanded Samsung Mobile App  Academies. In its third year, the mobile application (app) development  program for high school students will travel to a total of ten cities  across the country. The program also features a [...]

Samsung and Marvel Entertainment Announce Global Brand Partnership

Samsung and Marvel Entertainment Announce Global Brand Partnership

New York, Jun. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Marvel Entertainment announced a new global partnership. Through a multi-medium creative campaign across film, digital and product, Marvel and Samsung will integrate their brands in unique and creative ways to bring their collective audiences together and showcase the best from both brands. The [...]

LG Strengthens Commitment to UNGC to Address Global Development Challenges

LG Strengthens Commitment to UNGC to Address Global Development Challenges

SEOUL, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) ― In a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signing ceremony with the Foundation for the Global Compact held on June 10 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, LG Corp., the holding company for manufacturers such as LG Electronics, LG Display and LG Chem, strengthened its collaboration with the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) [...]

Michelin-Star Chef Daniel Boulud is the Latest Culinary Authority to Join Samsung Club des Chefs

Michelin-Star Chef Daniel Boulud is the Latest Culinary Authority to Join Samsung Club des Chefs

NEW YORK, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics America, Inc., America’s fastest growing appliance  brand1 and a global category leader, announced that renowned  chef Daniel Boulud is joining Samsung Club des Chefs, an industry-first  culinary initiative launched in 2013 that brings together celebrated  chefs from around the world to collaborate with Samsung on the  development [...]

Domino’s Pizza Crowns ‘World’s Fastest Pizza Maker’

Domino’s Pizza Crowns ‘World’s Fastest Pizza Maker’

LAS VEGAS, Nev., June 5 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 5,000 Domino’s Pizza spectators cheered as Pali Grewal triumphed as the 2014 World’s Fastest Pizza Maker.  Grewal, a Domino’s Pizza franchise owner from the United Kingdom made three large pizzas in an impressive 32.28 seconds.   That’s making three pizzas in less than 11 seconds each!  Grewal [...]

BroadcastAsia2014 Puts the Spotlight on Sportscasting, 4K and Multi-Platform Broadcasting

BroadcastAsia2014 Puts the Spotlight on Sportscasting, 4K and Multi-Platform Broadcasting

Singapore, June 5 (Korea Bizwire) – As excitement across the globe reaches fever pitch with the 2014 FIFA World Cup just around the corner, BroadcastAsia2014 will provide a timely, behind-the-scenes look at the technology powering the world’s most-watched sporting event. Returning to Marina Bay Sands Singapore from 17 – 20 June, BroadcastAsia2014 will host key industry [...]