SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 National Edition, which KT Corp. released as a special edition to celebrate the 2022 Qatar World Cup, enjoyed a strong pre-order response. The wireless carrier received pre-orders for 50 limited units through its official online mall on Monday and Tuesday. As many as [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Nine out of 10 South Koreans are skeptical about the possibility of North Korea abandoning its nuclear program, a survey showed Thursday, amid a prolonged impasse in inter-Korean relations and denuclearization talks. According to the poll of 1,200 adults by the Institute for Peace and Unification Studies (IPUS) at [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A total of 630 elementary to high school students took their own lives over the past four years, due mainly to family feuds, an education ministry report showed Thursday. According to the report submitted to Rep. Kim Byong-wook of the People Power Party, 388 high school students died by [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Student drug offenders jumped nearly 2.5-fold over the past three years, marking a sharp increase compared with a 1.3-fold rise in overall drug offenders seen during the period, a report showed Thursday. According to the police report submitted to Democratic Party Rep. Kang Deuk-gu, the number of elementary to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. is stepping up efforts to create more forests to protect biodiversity as well as to better respond to the climate crisis. The South Korea’s biggest carmaker said Wednesday it will create a new forest with a size of about 16,000 square meters in Hongcheon County, Gangwon [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean fashion company Kolon Industries FnC said Wednesday it will release three types of bags created by upcycling K-pop superband BTS’ stage clothes. Created in collaboration with Hybe, the management agency of the septet, the bags are crafted from uncolored industrial airbag materials as well as pieces of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The amount of payments made electronically posted a two-digit growth in the first half of this year, central bank data showed Wednesday, as the COVID-19 pandemic prompted more people to engage in contact-free commerce. The daily average amount of electronic financial transactions came to 802 billion won (US$575 million) [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Guide Dog School on Tuesday held a rehoming ceremony for eight guide dogs that were delivered to their visually-handicapped partners after completing training at a facility in Yongin, about 50 kilometers south of Seoul. They will begin a career in earnest as guide dogs after being delivered to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major department store chains are actively adding more luxury brand shops specializing in men’s wear, women’s wear and shoes amid higher demand for luxury goods. Galleria Department Store, for instance, recently opened a Dior shoe shop at its Luxury Hall in southern Seoul, while Shinsegae Department Store [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — One out of three arrest warrants requested by police in connection with stalking crimes are rejected by the court, data showed Tuesday. According to statistics from the National Police Agency, police filed for a total of 377 arrest warrants for stalking from last October, when a new act on [...]