SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – It has been almost two weeks since China’s ambitious Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect was launched, but the trading link has so far failed to drum up much excitement, at least from the point of view of Korean investors. According to the Korea Financial Investment Association, the aggregate trade volume [...]
HONG KONG, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) - X-Spatial Media Technology Ltd held the grand launch of its “X-Spatial 4D Psychoacoustics” technology with the movie premiere of “Beyond Skyline” at UA Cine Times, Times Square, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong on 7 December 2016, indicating that such epoch-making audio optimization technology is officially available here, with the highest regard [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – After years of downturn, the Korean art market is prospering once again. According to the Asian Art Market 2015 report, last year’s total bids at seven domestic art work auctioneers totaled 189.23 billion won ($165 million). Revenue was close to 2007’s 192.66 billion, which was the most prosperous year [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government will provide a large quantity of public rental housing so that young city dwellers will not be forced to move to suburbs due to high rent. If high-density development of areas near important subway stations is allowed like in Japan or Hong Kong, more than 40,000 units [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) - South Korean TV sensation “Descendants of the Sun” has been exported to 27 countries and the number is set to grow, its production company said Wednesday. Next Entertainment World said that the burgeoning attention the drama has been attracting overseas raised the possibility of sealing more broadcasting contracts in the [...]
HONG KONG, Mar. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The 20th Hong Kong International Film and TV Market (FILMART), organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), ended today. This year’s FILMART welcomed more than 7,300 buyers during the four-day fair, up 3 per cent over the previous year. There was a significant growth of buyers [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) - Actor-singer Rain will make a world tour stop in Hong Kong this weekend, his management agency said Thursday. R.A.I.N. Company said he will perform before a sold-out crowd in Hong Kong as part of his world tour, titled The Squall, on Saturday. Rain launched his seventh global tour last November [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A wax figure of the popular Korean actor Lee Jong-suk will go on display in a global museum of wax dolls in Hong Kong this week, a local public relations agency working for the museum said Thursday. The actor will unveil his wax figure in a ceremony at Madame [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean boy bands BigBang and EXO each collected four trophies at the 2015 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) at Asia World-Expo Arena in Hong Kong on Wednesday, with 10,000 K-pop enthusiasts attending. BigBang captured the “Song of the Year” award for “Bang Bang Bang” and also nabbed “Artist [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s location-based coupon application provider YAP Company said Monday it has agreed to export its technology to Starbucks stores in Hong Kong, beefing up its efforts to tap the Chinese market. YAP Company currently operates an application, dubbed YAP, in South Korea, which allows users to download coupons [...]