SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – A contentious clause about LGBT prevented the Seoul Human Rights Charter from being ratified, in a blow to one of Mayor Park Won-soon’s election promises. The mayor had planned to establish the charter for human rights in Seoul with the participation of Seoul citizens and communities. However, of the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – A man in his early 50s was arrested for spreading unfounded rumors about the Sewol ferry sinking tragedy online. He posted more than 600 messages including a writing claiming that the drowning of 300 passengers was part of a conspiracy by the Park government. Some of his postings attracted [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea Land and Housing Corporation said on November 20 that it would open an “earthquake control technology experience center” in “the Green,” its eco-friendly and future housing technology exhibition center located in the southern end of Seoul. The new experience center is intended to help the general public raise [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Expensive luxury goose down jackets came to be discovered that they were actually filled with duck down, not pricier goose down. When Consumer Research, a CN Media company, surveyed a total of 25 down jackets, among which 16 items were from eight imported premium brands and nine products were [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – WorkNet, a website providing employment information to job seekers on the Internet, jointly run by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Korea Employment Information Service, causes controversies with its online content seemingly condoning and encouraging sexual abuse. The Korean Women’s Association United announced that the website has provided [...]
MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Hilton Worldwide (NYSE: HLT) recently celebrated Global Week of Service, the company’s worldwide annual volunteer event. Now in its third year, the company’s largest expression of community service included more than 3,500 projects designed to address the social, economic and environmental needs in 86 countries. Global Week of Service provides [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The BMW i8, a plug-in hybrid sports car, will make its official debut in South Korea early next year, which will be the first plug-in hybrid model running on the Korean roads. With its futuristic exterior design, the i8 boasts powerful performances: a total of 362 horsepower and 58.2 [...]
REDWOOD, Calif. Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – C3 Energy has joined the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Trade and Development Agency in major trade missions to drive discussions around smart grid technology globally. Most recently, C3 Energy participated in a trade mission to meet with electricity and gas utilities and senior government officials in Japan [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Corning Inc. plans to invest 900 billion won, or about US$835.6 million, to increase its production volume in South Korea. It will also invest another 10 billion won to establish a research and development center in Korea for the first time. Corning announced on November 4 that its CEO Wendell [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – It is reported that female migrant workers are easily exposed to one of the worst human rights violations, sexual abuse, in South Korea. Of the migrant women working in South Korea, 10.7 percent went through sexual harassment or sexual assault, according to data conducted by a human rights advocacy [...]