SEOUL, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the European Union (EU) have agreed to conduct joint research projects on advanced semiconductor and next-generation communications network technologies in the next three years, Seoul’s science ministry said Wednesday. Under the agreement, South Korea and the EU will jointly invest 12 million euros (US$12.98 million) on [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Consumer prices for communication services, a fundamental necessity in everyday life, have seen their most significant growth in 33 years during the first nine months of this year. Despite a history of maintaining a low growth rate, communication prices have increased for two consecutive years, driven not only by rising [...]
ROME, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Pomilio Blumm has won a tender issued by the European Commission for €200 million over four years. The agency will be responsible for the design and implementation of multilingual communication campaigns in all EU Member States. The focus of the campaigns will be on the policies, programmes and activities [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gyeonggi provincial government said Thursday it has developed a fire helmet mounted with a hands-free wireless transmission device that allows wireless communication directly through a helmet while freely using both hands, and is seeking patents for key technologies. The devices can be connected to firefighters’ walkie-talkies to allow [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A new survey has revealed that Korean workers think that the modus operandi at work is generally inefficient, and most feel that both an old-fashioned leadership style requiring commands of superiors to be followed and a lack of communication are behind the inefficiency. According to a survey conducted by [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has revealed that 5 out of 10 South Korean senior citizens say they have difficulty communicating with those belonging to younger demographic groups. Of adults middle-aged and younger, 90 percent stated that they could not communicate with the elderly. The results of the study, which was [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — With Samsung Electronics continuing efforts to become the face of Korean business, its reputation domestically, in terms of communication capacity, was ranked at the bottom among the nation’s elite corporate groups. Although Samsung has become a global enterprise, often cited as one of the world’s top 10 brands in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – In Korea, multi-ethnic families are called ‘multi-cultural families’, which is a term that was introduced to replace discriminating and degrading terms that were used before. However, research shows that the children of multi-ethnic families do not like the term ‘multi-cultural family’. Recently, Konkuk University hosted a forum entitled ‘The Teacher’s [...]