SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Monday it is partnering with Amazon.com, Inc. to allow South Koreans to have easier access to products on the U.S. e-commerce giant’s platform. The carrier said users of its e-commerce unit 11Street Co. can directly purchase the U.S. company’s products [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean unit of Amazon Web Services paid 150 billion won (US$125.42 million) in a back corporate tax to a local tax office, sources said Tuesday. The National Tax Service (NTS) slapped the corporate tax on the company last year after carrying out a tax probe. Amazon made [...]
LEAWOOD, Kan., Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Euronet Worldwide (NASDAQ: EEFT), a leading global financial technology solutions and payments provider, today announced it will provide integration and content aggregation services through APIs from its REV™ Payments Cloud to add mobile recharges, bill payments, gift cards, consumer software, and other offerings to Amazon India. In addition to [...]
BRIDGEWATER, N.J., May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNCR), a global leader and innovator of cloud, messaging, digital and IoT products, today announced that their Digital Experience Platform (DXP) will enable mobile operators globally to offer Amazon consumer services to their customers as part of their invoice. Glenn Lurie, President and CEO, Synchronoss, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will now be able to impose value added tax on Google, Amazon, and other foreign IT companies. The National Assembly passed a bill to amend the Value Added Tax Act on Saturday, which will allow for the imposition of value added tax on profits raised from online [...]
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – (NASDAQ:AMZN) – Between shopping for gifts, preparing your home for guests, finding the perfect outfit, and prepping holiday meals, many people don’t have the time to enjoy the holidays. In fact, according to a recent survey commissioned by Amazon and conducted online by The Harris Poll, nearly four [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Department Store Group said Monday it has joined hands with Amazon to develop the “next-generation” retail model amid local retailers’ push to adopt the latest technology to their online and offline platforms. Under the strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Service (AWS) Korea signed on Friday, Hyundai said [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Professor Seo Kyoung-duk from Sungshin Women’s University revealed today that he had asked global e-commerce giant Amazon to stop selling products featuring the Rising Sun Flag, which represents the perils of imperialism for many Koreans. After being alerted by a member of the public, Seo spent the last two [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop superstars BTS’ upcoming album, “Love Yourself: Answer,” claimed the No. 1 spot in the CD category of the biggest American online retailer Amazon.com in the first day of preorders, its management agency said Thursday. Preorders for the new BTS album, set for release on Aug. 24, began Wednesday, [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Shinsegae Group will build a massive online center for its new affiliate dedicated to the e-commerce business, its vice president said Wednesday, as the retail giant moves to cope with the rapid expansion of the country’s online market. In January, Shinsegae announced that it has signed an initial agreement [...]