SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The financial regulator said Friday it launched a new centralized program to allow consumers to opt out of credit services, such as taking out new loans, a move aimed at preventing potential damage from voice phishing scams. More than 4,000 financial institutions have signed up for the new “credit [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A transgender individual who was accepted to Sookmyung Women’s University’s Law School after undergoing sex change surgery last year has decided to withdraw her application after being subjected to a torrent of hate speech from some students. In the meantime, some students’ ridicule and accusations against the transgender student [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) announced yesterday the development of a smartphone application that will foster the prevention of smartphone addiction in youth. One function of the application locks the screen of the smartphone when a young user is walking while using the device. The service will initiate today. [...]
PHOENIX, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — BroadSoft, Inc. (NASDAQ:BSFT) a global market share leader in cloud business software for unified communication as a service (UCaaS), and provider of collaboration and contact center as a service (CCaaS), today announced its BroadSoft Business cloud communication suite is available worldwide via several new BroadCloud® data centers throughout EMEA [...]
PHOENIX, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — BroadSoft, Inc. (NASDAQ:BSFT) a global market share leader in cloud business software for unified communication as a service (UCaaS), and provider of collaboration and contact center as a service (CCaaS), today unveiled several enhancements to its BroadSoft Business portfolio at its annual user conference, BroadSoft Connections. Now leveraging a [...]
PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — 8th Wall, Inc. announced today 8th Wall XR, the world’s first Augmented Reality (AR) platform that works on all commonly available iOS and Android phones and integrates seamlessly with ARKit (Apple) and Tango (Google). A photo accompanying this announcement is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/51163dc6-2e25-4f8d-a653-d797786f1e26 Founded in August 2016, [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – In order to evaluate applicants with transparency and fairness, law schools in Korea have banned applicants from including personal details of their family members and relatives in their cover letters. The decision is the latest countermeasure to a string of law school admission controversies, in which students who specified [...]
SEOUL, Feb.4 (Korea Bizwire) – Kakao, the Korean internet pioneer, has selected ‘Hair Shop’ as its first O2O (online to offline) business in the beauty sector. Kakao plans to expand its O2O business by releasing new services in the relief driver business and the hair industry. According to industry analysts, Kakao is planning to launch [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – A government-affiliated foundation said Monday the Chinese-language version of a free mobile application introducing Korean cuisine is now available. The Korean Food Guide 800, which is already in service in English and Spanish, includes information on rice, side dishes and soups that South Koreans enjoy daily, as well as [...]
SEOUL, Feb.1 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics’ ‘M Project’ is gathering public attention as part of the company’s corporate intellectual platform known as MOSAIC. According to Samsung Electronics, a five-person ‘Smart Bathroom’ team who met through MOSAIC developed an application called ‘Pooroject’. The name is, unsurprisingly, an amalgamation of the words ‘poo’ and ‘project’. Team [...]