SEOUL, Korea, April 28, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – The mobile applications are revolutionizing the ways of charitable giving to fun, engaging and simple. Now users can engage in philanthropic deeds and have fun at the same time just by connecting to mobile. “World Vision” has developed a mobile app called ‘My Kids,’ which is an [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 18, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom announced on April 17 that they have developed a smartphone-based digital image management service which will allow videos to be transmitted digitally to counselors, who will help the visually-impaired by telecommunications with the live video footages. The image management service will be comprised of wearable [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 15, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – While delightful background music is playing, disturbing images of decayed human body parts are flashed with a caption saying “Every cigarette is doing you damage.” This is the content of an anti-smoking advertisement made by the government of Australia. In order to convey a powerful message, the [...]
Project Fit America Celebration from Sandra Kolbo on Vimeo. ARLINGTON, Texas, March 20, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics USA today announced the “final four” North Texas elementary schools that will compete for a physical education grant at LG’s Coaches Cook-Off™ competition during the NCAA® Men’s Final Four® weekend. The four schools – Silver Creek Elementary [...]
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., March 19, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Hope On Wheels®, a leading contributor to pediatric cancer research nationwide, announced today it will sponsor the Pediatric Cancer Town Hall Meeting at the 105th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research to be held April 5-9, 2014 in San Diego, Calif. The Pediatric [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 17, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics held a gift-giving ceremony on March 14 at Seoul National School for the Blind to donate its Galaxy Core Advance devices and specialized accessories. The event was attended by the school’s principal Lee Yoo-hoon, Korea Welfare Foundation for the Visually Impaired president Shin Dong-ryeol, and [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan City Government said on March 10 that it would open a flea market for foreign residents in Seoul at Gwanghwamun Plaza in downtown Seoul on March 23 so that they can buy and sell goods like clothes, books, and other sundry goods. The market [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 5 (Korea Bizwire) – As a series of suicide cases distressed from hardship of life continues in Korea, the government considers countermeasures to solve those problems, including more thorough investigation of welfare blind spots and improving its welfare systems. The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced on March 3 that it will [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 4 (Korea Bizwire) – As Japanese government provokes Koreans’ anti-Japanese sentiments by continuously claiming Korea’s far eastern island, Dokdo, as its own, Korea’s used car exporters began a campaign informing the world that the island is within Korea’s territorial boundary. Beginning on March 1, the Korea’s Automobile Exports Institute, an umbrella group [...]
<Adoption through the eyes of a homeless pet> PHOENIX, AZ, Jan 30, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Don’t spend this Valentine’s Day at home waiting to get swept off your feet. Unconditional love is waiting for you at the PetSmart Charities National Adoption Weekend, sponsored by PetSmart®, from February 14-16 at your local PetSmart store. Whether you [...]