SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — After suffering sluggish performance in the designated driver service market, T Map Mobility Co. is exploring new ways to catch up to rival Kakao Mobility Corp, South Korea’s top taxi-hailing company. The mobility unit under telecom operator SK Telecom Co. plans to integrate two independent apps – T Map [...]
MILAN, Italy, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Intesa Sanpaolo lifts the veil on its new business plan to 2025 and remains faithful to its vocation as a bank with very generous dividend policies. The new business plan pledges to return more than €22 billion to investors, confirming Intesa Sanpaolo’s pole position among the leading European [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Netmarble Games, a major South Korean mobile game developer and publisher, on Thursday introduced more than 20 new titles with 75 percent of them based on its own intellectual property (IP). “Netmarble is introducing 22 new titles in various genres,” Netmarble co-CEO Kwon Yeong-sik said during a press conference [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Having halted sales of its vehicles in South Korea after the onset of “dieselgate,” Audi Korea announced “Roadmap E Korea” on Wednesday in support of the nation’s electric car industry. Analysts say the roadmap is a strategy aimed at regaining public trust in the company as Audi Korea tries [...]
GOYANG, Apr. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Ikea Group’s CEO Jesper Brodin said Thursday the global furniture giant will move to improve accessibility to its services through expansion of online business and opening of stores in city centers. The company said it plans to launch an e-commerce channel in South Korea by August, nearly four years [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it is expecting a better future for its smartphones and semiconductors this year on the improved performance in China and demand for premium chips. The South Korean tech giant held a shareholders meeting, where heads of each divisions delivered the latest updates of respective [...]