SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of uniform clad firefighters were present at 8 a.m. at SK Telecom’s main office building in Seoul on September 15. Decked out in their representative orange, the eight members of the Jungbu Fire Station were on site to receive special prizes and gifts as “winners” of an [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Homegrown films dominated the South Korean box office in August while audience amount saw a slight on-year drop, data showed Tuesday. The number of moviegoers last month was 29.88 million, down 0.2 percent from the same month last year, according to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC). The August tally [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp., South Korea’s two biggest carmakers, will temporarily shut down their plants in the United States to avoid any damages from Hurricane Irma, the companies said Monday. Hyundai Motor will suspend operation of its Alabama plant for two days from 4:45 [...]
NAMYANGJU, South Korea, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – An international festival promoting healthy eating and an eco-friendly lifestyle is slated to kick off in a city east of Seoul later this month, organizers said Thursday. Under the theme “Food, City and Health,” the Namyangju Slow Life International Festival will be held for five days starting [...]
TORONTO, Sept. 06 (Korea Bizwire) — ThreeD Capital Inc. (“ThreeD” or the “Company”) (CSE:IDK) an emerging Merchant Bank, led by Sheldon Inwentash, that focuses on investments in best of breed, early stage disruptive companies, is pleased to announce the achievement of a major milestone by its’ artificial intelligence holding, Goldspot Discoveries Inc. (“Goldspot”). ThreeD owns [...]
MIAMI, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Hminers ( www.hminers.com ) looks all set to script an unprecedented success story in the worldwide industry for cryptocurrencies. The company’s three mining rigs are quickly emerging as the most preferred option amongst thousands of bitcoin miners around the world. The most extraordinary feature of these mining rigs is their ability [...]
LONDON, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — VistaJet, the first and only global aviation company, has today officially launched VistaJet Direct, the new digital membership offering priority access to VistaJet’s one-way and empty leg flights at preferential rates. Photos accompanying this announcement are available at http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/3406fd94-1d40-4772-918f-c39f25c50f69 http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/3116b9b8-6762-4f8a-a3a1-684f922dcfac http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/3ae29f2a-29bf-492e-a5a9-89b87dc2894c VistaJet sets another milestone of what the future [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Iranian national football team arrived at Incheon International Airport on August 26, bringing with them a pristine record of 6 wins, 2 draws and no losses in advance of their upcoming FIFA World Cup qualifying match with host South Korea on August 31. With eight goals for and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A Bank of Korea proposal on how to reduce the amount of pocket change Koreans carry around has proven to be a success among the selected stores the new service is being tested at. The bank has made it possible for shoppers at three major convenience store chains and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The European Union’s recent acknowledgement that large-scale shipments of eggs from Belgium and the Netherlands may have been contaminated by a pesticide has stores and markets rethinking the sales value of Belgian waffles. The pesticide, Fipronil, is believed to be hazardous to humans. So far, Germany, England, Sweden, Switzerland [...]