TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 17, 2013 (Korea Bizwire) – LINE Corporation, owner and operator of LINE, a free call and messaging app, today announced that LINE PLAY has surpassed 12 million users since its global release eight months ago. The service has also undergone a complete redesign to make more user friendly to users worldwide LINE PLAY is an avatar [...]
DUBAI, Sept. 25, 2013 (Korea Bizwire) – Out of respect for Mother Nature, Opera Gallery is pleased to announce its ‘Arts of Nature’ exhibition, featuring two promising contemporary Korean artists. In an increasingly consumer-driven, disposable society, the environment and its plight is ever-more prevalent. Chae Sung-Pil, born 1972, currently lives and works in Paris, France, [...]
TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 25, 2013 (Korea Bizwire) – LINE Corporation, owners and operators of the free calling and messaging app, LINE, announced that it has added two new features, Video Call and Snap Movie, to its platform. The Video Call function is compatible with iPhone, Android devices, and PCs (Windows/Mac), enabling free 1-on-1 video calls [...]
New York, August 06, 2013 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean War was a destructive conflict that divided not only a nation, but also the entire world, marking the beginning of the split between East and West, a period that would be known as the Cold War. Though the war ended in a ceasefire signed in 1953, [...]
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 [...]
Jakarta, Indonesia, July 19, 2013 (Korea Bizwire) – Indonesia and South Korea have agreed to develop e-government on a mutually beneficial and non-interference basis. Indonesian Communication and Information Minister Tifatul Sembiring and South Korean Security and Public Administration Minister Yoo Jeong Bok signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on e-government cooperation in the presence of Vice [...]
NEW YORK, July 19, 2013 (Korea Bizwire) – Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children’s publishing, education and media company, today unveiled the new cover for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – the sixth of seven trade paperback editions with new covers illustrated by New York Times bestselling author and illustrator, Kazu Kibuishi. Kibuishi and David [...]
TOKYO, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) – NEXON Co., Ltd. (“Nexon”) (3659.TO), a worldwide leader in free-to-play online games, has announced that Barbarossa, a mobile game serviced by Nexon’s consolidated subsidiary inBlue, Inc. (“inBlue”), has surpassed 1 million downloads on the Apple App Store and Google Play. Barbarossa is a free-to-play social card battle role play [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]