SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday held the Bespoke Life 2023 event online to showcase its various efforts towards creating a sustainable future. As part of these efforts, Samsung has decided to enable the artificial intelligence (AI) energy-saving mode of SmartThings Energy for its Bespoke home appliances, including refrigerators and [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is considering hosting a smartphone unveiling event in South Korea as part of its strategy to diversify its Asian market and address declining exports to China. According to industry sources, the tech giant plans to showcase the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Wednesday celebrated the first Library Day (April 12). Library Day aims to promote the social and cultural value of libraries and their usage. The ceremony took place at the National Library of Korea. The event included a proclamation ceremony for Library [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Korea announced on Friday that it will offer its signature product, the Americano, at its original price for a limited period. The move comes as the company celebrates its growing customer loyalty program, with its reward program members surpassing 10 million in January this year. From Feb. 22-24, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — In celebration of the return of the South Korean girl group BLACKPINK, landmarks in major cities around the globe, including Seoul, Tokyo and New York have turned pink, its management agency said. YG Entertainment said Sunday that it hosted the Light Up The Pink event that has lit up [...]
ULSAN, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — In celebration of Children’s Day, the Ulsan Metropolitan Police Agency held a special event for the settlement of ‘special contributors’ from Afganistan on Thursday. The event was held at Hotel Hyundai by Lahan Ulsan in the southeastern city of Ulsan, where 158 special contributors and their families were invited [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean hotel’s controversial bid to host a ‘Squid Game’ series of competitive events in the east coast city of Gangneung is unlikely to come to fruition due to COVID-19 restrictions. The city of Gangneung recently banned St. John’s Hotel from hosting the ‘Saint Game,’ the hotel’s marketing [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation BLACKPINK will hold a pop-up exhibition later this month to mark the fifth anniversary of its debut, the group’s management agency said Thursday. The exhibition, part of the group’s earlier announced “4+1 project,” will take place at YG Entertainment’s headquarters in western Seoul from Aug. 21 to [...]
QUEBEC CITY, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) – LeddarTech®, a global leader in Level 1-5 ADAS and AD sensing technology, is excited to be reigniting its physical event calendar as a lead sponsor and keynote speaker of Tech.AD. Tech.AD has long been recognized as one of Europe’s leading technical ADAS and AD conferences. LeddarTech’s CTO Pierre Olivier [...]
TORONTO, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Toronto Centre is hosting a virtual executive panel at the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group featuring Mark Carney, UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance and Finance Advisor to UK Prime Minister for COP26 and Her Excellency Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Minister of Finance, Indonesia. Babak [...]