SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics climbed to 6th while Hyundai Motor Company stayed in 35th place for the second straight year in global brand consultancy Interbrand’s “Best Global Brands 2017” list. Kia also held steady by staying at 69th place, the same position it was in last year. Interbrand estimated Samsung Electronics’ [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of new tuberculosis (TB) patients dropped slightly in 2016 from the previous year, government data showed Friday, amid the government increasing the number of dedicated doctors and other medical staff charged with treating the contagious disease in recent years. South Korea had the highest incidence rate of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Motors Corp., South Korea’s second-largest carmaker, said Thursday it will suspend overtime work at its domestic plants starting next week due to lower demand from its major markets. Kia workers at the carmaker’s three local plants, located in Gwangju in Jeolla Province, and Sohari and Hwaseong in Gyeonggi [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — An annual global music fair will kick off next week in Seoul to help promote Korean pop music in overseas markets, organizers said Wednesday. K-pop, as it is known, is already becoming more popular among young people in other Asian countries, as well as in Europe and the Americas, with its influence generating interest in other facets of Korean culture. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of uniform clad firefighters were present at 8 a.m. at SK Telecom’s main office building in Seoul on September 15. Decked out in their representative orange, the eight members of the Jungbu Fire Station were on site to receive special prizes and gifts as “winners” of an [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Homegrown films dominated the South Korean box office in August while audience amount saw a slight on-year drop, data showed Tuesday. The number of moviegoers last month was 29.88 million, down 0.2 percent from the same month last year, according to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC). The August tally [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp., South Korea’s two biggest carmakers, will temporarily shut down their plants in the United States to avoid any damages from Hurricane Irma, the companies said Monday. Hyundai Motor will suspend operation of its Alabama plant for two days from 4:45 [...]
NAMYANGJU, South Korea, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – An international festival promoting healthy eating and an eco-friendly lifestyle is slated to kick off in a city east of Seoul later this month, organizers said Thursday. Under the theme “Food, City and Health,” the Namyangju Slow Life International Festival will be held for five days starting [...]
TORONTO, Sept. 06 (Korea Bizwire) — ThreeD Capital Inc. (“ThreeD” or the “Company”) (CSE:IDK) an emerging Merchant Bank, led by Sheldon Inwentash, that focuses on investments in best of breed, early stage disruptive companies, is pleased to announce the achievement of a major milestone by its’ artificial intelligence holding, Goldspot Discoveries Inc. (“Goldspot”). ThreeD owns [...]
MIAMI, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Hminers ( www.hminers.com ) looks all set to script an unprecedented success story in the worldwide industry for cryptocurrencies. The company’s three mining rigs are quickly emerging as the most preferred option amongst thousands of bitcoin miners around the world. The most extraordinary feature of these mining rigs is their ability [...]