SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superstars BTS will make a guest appearance on a reunion special of the popular American sitcom “Friends” later this month, according to Billboard. The seven-piece act will join the original cast of the ’90s comedy and other top stars in the special to air May 27 on streaming [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of deaths occurring in which the deceased has no known family or friends is steadily increasing year after year in South Korea. Such deaths refer to those whose remain unclaimed by family or friends after their passing Such deaths also include cases in which known family or [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that unmarried couples typically introduce their partner to their friends because they want their relationship to be assessed. Duo Info Corp., a South Korean matchmaking company, released a survey on 364 single men and women on Tuesday. It said 26.9 percent of whom said [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – KakaoTalk, the most popular mobile messaging platform in Korea, has finally done away with its “recommended friends” service, a function that recommended adding as a friend any individual whose phone number was saved in a phone’s contacts list. On October 19, industry sources said that Kakao added a service [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) – LG‘s new smartphone, which was launched on March 31, is drawing attention as its ancillary devices are more expensive than the phone itself. A customer would have to spend two million won to purchase the new G5 accompanied by its five ‘friends’ (accompanying devices). According to industry reports, the lowest [...]
SEOUL, Jan.22 (Korea Bizwire) – New data shows that suicidal thoughts among seniors dropped in half when they had a friend that cared for them. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, after the launch of a ‘friend-making project’ for seniors living alone, the number of friends seniors had increased to 1.65 from 0.57, [...]