SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. said Friday that it will reopen its sole outlet in South Korea this weekend, as the country’s coronavirus infections have slowed. The retail store, located in Seoul’s affluent southern district of Gangnam, will resume business Saturday, the company said on its website. It marks [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Korea has unveiled a first look at the very first Apple Store in South Korea, which will open on Garosu-gil in the Sinsa neighborhood at 10 a.m. this Saturday. According to photos of Apple Garosugil which were released on Thursday, the new Seoul Apple store will share the signature [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The first Apple Store in South Korea is expected to open in Gangnam sometime in December, according to industry insiders. According to sources close to the mobile industry, the U.S. smartphone giant is expected to open its very first South Korean store in Sinsadong on Garosu-gil . South Korea’s first [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — An online blogger became the first South Korean to get ahold of an iPhone 8, after traveling Japan to purchase the latest mobile device from Apple on Friday. Blogger Choi Pil-sik, who is also known as ‘Toothbrush’, made an announcement on Facebook in the morning, sharing the moment with [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The existence of the Mapo oil storage site, a maximum security facility sitting on the slopes of Mt. Maebong in Seoul, was revealed for the first time in forty years and is now being transformed into a cultural complex. The city of Seoul announced on August 24 that a [...]