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Kakao Taxi Dominating Taxi-Reservation Market with 80,000-Driver Pool

Kakao Taxi Dominating Taxi-Reservation Market with 80,000-Driver Pool

SEOUL, Jun. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Taxi, a taxi reservation app which was released on March 31, is reigning over the Korean call-taxi market. According to IT industry representatives on June 14, more than 80,000 taxi drivers have downloaded the driver’s edition app, while 1,500,000 people have downloaded the app for customers. The accumulated [...]

Korean Air Inks 100 bln Won Deal with Airbus

Korean Air Inks 100 bln Won Deal with Airbus

SEOUL, Apr. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top carrier Korean Air Line Co. said Thursday it has clinched an exclusive deal worth 100 billion won (US$92.33 million) with Airbus to supply aircraft parts for the European firm’s new jet airliner. With the latest contract, Korean Air will deliver sharklets, specialized winglets attached to the [...]

LG Innotek Develops Its Widest Aperture Camera Module

LG Innotek Develops Its Widest Aperture Camera Module

Seoul, Korea, Apr. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Innotek, a leading global components and materials manu-facturer, announced the development of a groundbreaking 16MP camera module with an aperture of f/1.8, making it LG Innotek’s widest aperture camera developed for a smartphone. The advanced camera module began mass production at LG Innotek’s plant this week and [...]

2015 Kia K900 and Soul Named Among Best Cars for Families by U.S. News & World Report

2015 Kia K900 and Soul Named Among Best Cars for Families by U.S. News & World Report

IRVINE, Calif., Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Kia Motors America (KMA) is proud to announce that U.S. News & World Report has honored the K900 flagship1 sedan and the 2015 Soul urban passenger vehicle with “Best Cars for Families” awards in the Luxury Large Car and Hatchback categories, respectively.  U.S. News Best Cars, the automotive channel [...]

Incheon Int’l Airport Named World’s Best for 10th Consecutive Year

Incheon Int’l Airport Named World’s Best for 10th Consecutive Year

SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Incheon International Airport, Seoul’s main gateway, has been named the world’s best airport for a record 10th consecutive year, officials said on Monday.   The airport grabbed the annual Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Award, presented by the Airports Council International (ACI), as the best in the business, the operator [...]

Kia Motor’s Soul EV Named Best Eco-Friendly Vehicle

Kia Motor’s Soul EV Named Best Eco-Friendly Vehicle

SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Motors Corp., South Korea’s second-largest carmaker, said Friday that its first all-electric Soul EV has been named the best eco-friendly vehicle by MotorWeek, a popular U.S. auto-analyzing TV program. MotorWeek, which airs on PBS stations nationwide in the U.S, analyzes trends, new products and new technology to produce [...]