SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics, South Korea’s No. 2 tech firm, plans to roll out its latest LTE network-powered smartwatch in Korea. The LG Watch Urbane LTE comes with its own universal subscriber identity module (USIM) card that allows users to make phone calls without being paired with smartphones. It will be [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — McDonald’s is holding a singing competition for their new Big Mac campaign. Anyone can participate in the online pre-competition to sing the best version of the famous song featured in the company’s Big Mac commercials. McDonald’s is also holding ‘Big Mac Big Day’ events, where customers are given free Big [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Jindo Sea in Korea parted and revealed a 2.8-kilometer-long dry seabed, which could be described as a modern day Moses’ miracle, welcoming 610,000 tourists from March 20 to 24. The mysterious event is actually an annual natural phenomenon unique to the Jindo Sea, and has been celebrated by [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Sony Korea is launching a 4K professional action cam called the FDR-X1000V and a high-end full HD action cam, dubbed the HDR-AS200V, said the company on March 23. Equipped with 12.8 megapixel Exmor R CMOS sensors and 170° ultra-wide ZEISS Tessar lenses, the two action cams are suitable for [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom has announced that it will be operating experience centers for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge at 250 SK Telecom stores around the country. A number of the centers have been already established, and the others are scheduled to open before March 26. Customers will be able [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A 2.5-meter-tall tree made from 5,000 PET bottles and waste wood, adorned with messages from Seoul children dreaming of a clean environment, was installed at Seoul Plaza on March 22. The sculpture was made by artist Kim Woo-jin as part of Seoul’s promotional events for the ICLEI World Congress 2015, which [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Wine tasting buffets offered by hotels are gaining popularity in Korea. The Grand Intercontinental Seoul Parnas’s lounge and bar are holding a ‘Grand Happy Hour’, where visitors can taste a variety of wine with a buffet, weekdays from 6:30pm to 9:00pm, for 60,000 won. The hotel offers unlimited wine. [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A farewell party for the 2,500 university students from 117 countries who participated in WorldMUN 2015 was held on March 20 at Sevit Island, a man-made island complex on the Han River. The students exchanged cultural legacies from their countries and continued with model UN conferences at the Sevit [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A multitude of ‘clean water-appreciating’ events took place around Korea in celebration of the upcoming UN-designated World Water Day on March 22. The city of Ulsan prepared an event in which clay EM (Effective Microorganism) balls, designed to purify water, were thrown into the city’s river on March 20. [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Some 150 foreigners will hold an ultimate Frisbee competition titled “Pohang Frozen Fives 2015” on March 21 and 22 to commemorate the opening of the Seoul-Pohang KTX route at a sports complex in Pohang. Although the game is unfamiliar to most Koreans, it is rapidly gaining popularity among young [...]