SEOUL, Mar. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — An Indian exporter has been arrested for allegedly exporting cheap gold jewelry from his country to the United States by labeling them as South Korean goods, the customs agency here said Friday. The man, whose identity was withheld, was arrested and indicted by the U.S.’ Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Online threads promoting fake identities and suicide are on the rise with nearly 1,500 cases reported so far this year, the government has found. More than 1,150 instances of fake identities and 276 cases of online promotion for suicide were reported during the first quarter of this year, the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials announced Wednesday that researchers have developed a new engraving technology, using lasers, to prevent counterfeit crimes of expensive goods such as high-end watches or gold. According to senior researcher Noh Ji-whan, by overlapping two separate laser beams, the team was able to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – “Beautiful Woman,” a famous painting at the center of an intense forgery debate, was drawn with a different style of facial features from that of its supposed painter Chun Kyung-ja, sources within the art circle said Wednesday, citing the results of a French inspection of the work. The claim [...]