SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Planet Co., the operator of local e-commerce platform 11st, said Tuesday its Turkish unit posted 42 billion won (US$37.5 million) in transactions during an online shopping event held last week, marking the highest daily ever record. The new peak was set during a shopping promotion held by n11, [...]
JAKARTA, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean-made submarine has arrived at a port of the Indonesian Navy’s Eastern Fleet in Surabaya after 16 days of sailing from South Korea, the country’s Navy said Tuesday. The arrival of the new submarine, the KRI Nagapasa 403, on the previous day came after South Korea’s Daewoo [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Display Co. said Tuesday the recently unveiled Galaxy Note 8, won top marks from U.S. industry tracker DisplayMate, for its stunning performance and high-end features. The display producer for Samsung Electronics Co. said the phablet became the first smartphone to win “Excellent A+” grade from DisplayMate. “The Galaxy [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean biopharmaceutical firm Samsung Bioepis Co. said Friday it has won approval from European authorities for the sale of its biosimilar drug Imraldi. The European Commission (EC) accepted Samsung Bioepis’ application to sell the biosimilar referencing AbbVie Inc.’s Humira, the company said in a regulatory filing. The drug [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea won the bid to host the 25th World Scout Jamboree in 2023 in a vote at the World Scout Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan on Wednesday (local time). South Korea’s Saemangeum in North Jeolla Province beat Poland’s Gdansk in a ballot held among 168 members of the World [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Girls’ Generation’s latest album “Holiday Night” rose to the top of Billboard’s World Albums chart, according to the music publication Wednesday. The K-pop girl group’s sixth full-length album, released on Aug. 4, stood at No. 1 on the chart for the week of Aug. 26, according to Billboard’s website. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s biggest auto parts maker, has developed a bi-directional onboard charger loadable on an electric vehicle, the company said Wednesday. The bi-directional onboard charger (OBC) allows an electric car that comes with it to charge itself at a charging station. It also allows the vehicle [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tennis player Chung Hyeon has cracked the top 50 in the men’s world rankings for the first time. Chung jumped seven spots to reach a career-high No. 49 in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world rankings released on Monday. Chung’s previous high had been No. 51 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — EXO’s “The War” has sold more than 1 million copies in less than one month, becoming the boy band’s fourth “million seller” record, its agency said Monday. The Korean and Chinese versions of EXO’s fourth full-length album have sold a combined 1.01 million copies to date, according to S.M. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korean film about a pro-democracy uprising in the country has surpassed 6.5 million in attendance as of the 11th day of its run, the film’s distributor said Saturday. “A Taxi Driver” hit the threshold Friday, becoming the fastest film to reach the milestone this year, according to Showbox. [...]