SEOUL, Korea, Dec 09 (Korea Bizwire) – In cooperation with a mobile app developer, Plus MX(CEOs Kyung-dong Kim & Jong-won Lee), the British Council Korea recently released an Android version of its highly-established “English Study App Series for Koreans”. This App Series consists of British Council Words (“BC Words”), British Council Idioms (“BC Idoms”) and British Council [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The ‘2013 Wood Fair’will be held at COEX in Samseong-dong, Seoul from December 5th to 8th. Sponsored by the Federation of Lumber Industry Associations and Organized by ExMG, the event will showcase various aspects of the timber industry, celebrating increasing public interest in eco-friendly products and ‘green life’ illustrating the [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 22 (Korea Bizwire) – World Cyber Games (WCG), Inc., the organizer of the longest running global eSports tournament and festival in existence, announced the partnership with the global leading corporations in various fields for the WCG 2013 Grand Final.Samsung Electronics, a main sponsor of WCG will support for the great success of the event [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Software company OpenVACS has launched a new international calling card “OTO Global Card,” following the same service on the Internet. The calling card, to be sold in 8,000 CU convenience stores across the country, allows the user to make phone calls to 245 countries worldwide. Available in denominations from 5,000 [...]
![[Kobiz Feature] Companies Getting Serious about Book Reading among Their Employees](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2539452694_a409178fb3_z.jpg "[Kobiz Feature] Companies Getting Serious about Book Reading among Their Employees")
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Books allow readers to live someone else’s life and thereby broaden their minds. Even Socrates said 25 centuries ago, “Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.” But today the number of people who read regularly [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Oct 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Most women may have had an experience of regretting their decision to buy an expensive make-up product after a few days of use. In 2011 alone, Korea’s women spent 10.8 trillion won on cosmetics, up 9.6 percent from the previous year. Still not many of them use a cosmetic [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Oct 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Late last year LG Electronics Netherlands released a YouTube commercial “So Real It’s Scary” about its IPS monitor and succeeded in logging in 16 million clicks. The video showed scenes in which LG technicians installed displays on the bottom of an elevator and passengers afterward were panicked to [...]
SEOUL, Korea, August 09 (Korea Bizwire) – Like on the road, sea routes are important as they ensure the safety of ships, avoiding the rocks and icebergs hidden below the surface and the ever-changing currents that can prove deadly. Recently, the Northern Sea Route passing through the Arctic is receiving a lot of attention. Last year 46 [...]
According to New York Times report, a study finds that ”spatial skill is early sign of creativity.” Here is the study suggestion that; “A child’s gift for spatial reasoning may better predict future innovation than math or verbal skills, particularly in math and science fields.” (link) Click the link to find out the interesting story about [...]
![[Education] Universities Face a Rising Barrage of Cyberattacks](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/College-Students-800x533.jpg "[Education] Universities Face a Rising Barrage of Cyberattacks")
New York Times reports that “Universities Face a Rising Barrage of Cyberattacks” Here is the opener to the article; please click the link to read the full text about another pressing issues vexing universities of late The hacking attempts, many thought to be from China, are forcing universities to spend more to prevent and detect [...]