![[Stats] Suicide Rates for OECD Member Nations](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Suicide-Rates.jpg "[Stats] Suicide Rates for OECD Member Nations")
While a recent OECD study showed that life expectancy in Korea has rapidly increased for the past five years, it displayed a shameful aspect of the nation as well, as it revealed that Korea has again, for 10 years in a row, ranked first in suicide rate in among 34 OECD member countries. According to “OECD Health [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) – From July 1st this year, which marks the third anniversary of Korea-EU free trade agreement, the tariffs on mid- and large-sized European cars was abolished in Korea. Coupled with this measure, lowering tariffs on small-sized cars will give a further boost to already hot-selling European automotive industry in the [...]
DALLAS, July 1, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyosung, the fastest growing supplier of ATMs in North America, announced today the availability of the MoniSafe 400A teller cash recycler. The new Hyosung cash recycler is based on the very same architecture and recycling technology used by Hyosung in their industry leading assisted self-service terminals, which are [...]
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. June 10, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–Today Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) officially launched EA SPORTS™ PGA TOUR® King of the Course for mobile devices. The free-to-play game offers a fresh and unique blend of arcade-style gameplay with real PGA TOUR pros and courses, as players strive to become the King of the Course. EA [...]
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, Jun. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Manchester United (NYSE: MANU) has announced a multi-year sponsorship deal with Korean Pharmaceutical company Cho-A Pharm to become Manchester United’s Official Pharmaceuticals partner of in Korea and Vietnam . The partnership will see Club imagery placed on Cho-A Pharm’s diverse range of products including nutritional and dietary [...]
MINNEAPOLIS, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Target Corp. goes digital. On May 28, the retailer announced it has formed a Digital Advisory Council, which will help guide Target’s omnichannel strategies and push Target to innovate faster, and discover new ways to leverage technology to enhance the guest experience – both online and in stores. The [...]
SEOUL, Korea, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Visitseoul.net announced the infographics from their Hallyu Event survey which was conducted through renewal website and SNS of Visitseoul.net. This survey have taken place in March and over 230 Hallyu(Korean Pop Culture) fans from 8 countries including China, Indonesia and Japan participated. The survey reveals that top interests [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Uplus announced that it rolled out the world’s first LTE-based security control service applied by “M2M platform” jointly with security company ADT Caps. Through the partnership, the Korea’s third largest mobile telecommunications carrier which fortified the world’s first nationwide LTE network achieved recognition in its advanced LTE technology and [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) – As suburban outlet operators are branching out into the city, the market is growing fast. To keep up with such a trend, Hyundai Department Store Group has recently stepped into the urban outlet market. On May 1, Hyundai Department Store announced that it would open a Hyundai Outlet branch [...]
BOSTON, April, 8, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–The U.S. is on the verge of a period of unprecedented growth, writes economist and author Joel Kurtzman in his latest book, Unleashing the Second American Century: Four Forces for Economic Dominance. Kurtzman directly challenges those who describes the U.S. as a declining power. “The facts are different from what [...]