SEOUL, Korea, Jan 20 (Korea Bizwire) - Kateeva today announced an expansion of its Korea operation, marking a substantial investment in the world’s leading display manufacturing region. The company will absorb the assets of Seoul-based OLED Plus Co. Ltd., (OLED Plus), an OLED equipment design, sales, service and support company headed by OLED industry veteran, KB (Kyung Bin) Bae. Kateeva [...]
SEOUL, Korea, 17, Jan. (Korea Bizwire) – Korea Institute of Environmental Technology & Industry (KEITI) under the Ministry of Environment (MOE) announced on the 16th that it will provide the environmental policy fund of 182.5 billion KRW to help business stabilization of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the field of environment. The fund hits [...]
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – CSA Group, a leading standards development organization and global provider of product certification and testing services, today announced a distribution agreement with Korean Standards Association (KSA). Under the two-year agreement, KSA will have non-exclusive, worldwide rights to package, distribute and sell CSA Group standards and related publications electronically [...]
SANTA CLARA, California, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Expanding its leadership in the Smart Home ecosystem, Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) today announced a collaboration with SK Broadband, who has launched B TV Smart, an IPTV set-top-box with Google services in the Korean market. B TV Smart is powered by Marvell’s ARMADA® 1500 Plus (88DE3108) system-on-chip (SoC) platform, [...]
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics America, Inc. and Delivery Agenttoday announced that Samsung Smart TV viewers can now shop directly from their TVs simultaneously while viewing their favorite TV shows, enabling a true contextual shopping experience. Consumers can use their remote control to shop, receive promotional offers, or request additional information related to TV [...]
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics (LG) today took the wraps off LG Lifeband Touch and LG Heart Rate Earphones, two wearable products that mark the company’s first foray into fitness tech. Unveiled at the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, both products incorporate comfortable designs and compatibility with other [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The two-way TV program combining the homegrown technology of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) with smartphone technology is attracting keen attention from overseas content buyers. QBS, a TV station specializing in sending terrestrial TV signals through DMB channels, said on November 12 that its in-house program “Homo Applicus” will be presented [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transportation has published an architecture textbook for elementary school children. Titled “My First Architecture Book,” it is intended to motivate the youths to be interested in architecture at an early age. It took three full years for the ministry to publish the book since 2011 [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 11 (Korea Bizwire) - The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and Samsung C&T will sign on November 11 an agreement to work together in building apartments with community-based childcare facilities and smart offices for parents who must stay home to care for children. Under the terms of the pact, the construction contractor will build [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 06 (Korea Bizwire) - A thousand strong delivery men from Domino’s Pizza and McDonald’s will double as night-watchmen protecting female pedestrians from muggers and rapists. The Seoul Metropolitan City Government said on November 4 that it would kick off a program “Seoul City Community Watchmen” jointly with Domino’s Pizza and McDonald’s through the use of [...]