SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean adults and students both spent less time reading books last year, a survey showed Monday. The survey on the reading habits of South Koreans conducted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism showed that adults read an annual average of 4.5 books over the past year [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s indigenous fighter jet KF-21 and K-9 artillery guns will be made available in the commercial market as brick-assembled toys. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) joined hands with local toy maker Oxford Co. to release miniature models of the KF-21, also known as the Boramae, within the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s leading cinema chain CJ CGV is introducing a sports climbing gym at CGV Piccadilly 1958 located in Seoul’s Jongno District. The movie theater is being remodeled into a sports facility to cater to the demand for health and diversification of the multiplex industry in the pandemic era. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), South Korea’s overseas aid agency, has signed an agreement with the East Timorese Ministry of Finance to improve the health and nutritional consumption of local youth by introducing a basic health and cafeteria system at schools. Schools in East Timor struggle with a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans have become the world’s 4th largest spenders on smartphone apps, data showed Thursday. Industry tracker App Annie reported that mobile consumers worldwide spent US$170 billion on mobile apps last year, which was 19 percent more than the previous year. Chinese consumers spent the most on mobile apps, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of supercars that cost more than 200 million won (US$168,000) spiked last year. Italian supercar maker Ferrari sold 357 cars in South Korea last year, which was 68.4 percent more than the previous year (212 cars), according to the data by CarIsYou Data Research Center. Bentley sales also [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s new portable projector The Freestyle is enjoying significant popularity at an online shopping mall for employees only. The new portable projector for which reservation sales began at Samsung FamilyNet employee mall from Tuesday, is available at a price of 690,000 won (US$580), almost half-price compared to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. topped the sales charts in Vietnam’s automobile market for the second consecutive year. The Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAMA) said that Hyundai sold 70,518 cars last year, topping sales charts. Vietnam’s bestselling model was the Vinfast Fadil hatchback with 24,128 cars sold. Total sales reached 304,149 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — T Map Mobility Co., a mobility unit under telecom operator SK Telecom Co., said Wednesday that it had signed an agreement with the Seoul Trucking Association to introduce its T-map navigation service specially designed for cargo trucks. As T-map Mobility plans to support the digitalization of South Korea’s cargo [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — There is a significant buzz around art in the construction industry on the back of the gentrification of apartment complexes. In collaboration with the artwork platform ‘Open Gallery,’ construction company Hyundai Engineering Co. developed an artwork subscription service for the communal areas of apartments last month. This service allows [...]