SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The cause of a calamitous fire that engulfed a Seoul switching station of telecom giant KT Corp. two months ago remains elusive despite intensive investigations by police, forensic experts and firefighters, a police report said Friday. The report released by Rep. Kim Young-ho of the ruling Democratic Party said [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A bill that obligates mobile service providers to compensate for network errors passed the Science, ICT, Broadcasting, and Communications Committee at the National Assembly on Thursday. The news comes after KT Corp.’s Ahyeon Branch Office in Seoul recently caught fire, shutting down mobile and Internet network traffic in the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A fire that broke out at KT Corp.’s Ahyeon branch on Saturday created havoc in the Seodaemun and Mapo districts, leaving the area’s smartphone users without Internet access for hours. Large masses of the population have become heavily reliant on their phones for not only calls and messages but [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Gosiwon are dormitory-style residential facilities that house a large number of people in a cramped maze-like space. It is here that a series of fires have broken out recently, hurting scores and alarming officials and citizens alike. The small rooms are usually 5 square meters in size and are [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — When the Sri Lankan man suspected of having caused a large fire at a gasoline storage facility in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province was released by police following a decision not to press charges, citizens were outraged over the lack of safety measures employed by the gas tank operator and over [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of imported vehicles in South Korea jumped 9.5 percent in August from a year earlier on strong demand for German cars, industry data showed Thursday. The number of newly registered foreign vehicles stood at 19,206 last month from 17,547 a year ago, the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government said Thursday it will impose penalties on carmakers that cover up manufacturing defects and fine them for delayed recalls. The move comes in the middle of BMW Korea’s recall of 106,317 vehicles in South Korea to fix a faulty part following dozens of engine fires [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A BMW vehicle caught fire in South Korea on Thursday amid a series of similar cases that have led the German carmaker to start a massive recall in the country. Local authorities said a BMW 750Li automobile caught fire at 3:58 p.m. in Daejeon, 160 kilometers south of Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — German carmaker BMW ranked No. 1 among imported cars registered in South Korea, industry data showed Monday, maintaining its lead despite a string of vehicle fires that have shaken consumer confidence in the brand. According to the data compiled by the Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association and the Korea Automobile [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — BMW 520d owners held a press conference yesterday at the press center situated at Ulsan City Hall regarding the recent spate of engine fires in the German carmaker’s vehicles. The owners called for the adoption of laws that would allow the public to file for punitive damages, which they [...]