SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Koreans pride themselves on the world’s highest smartphone penetration rate at 96 percent. So which social networking platforms are most popular among Korean smartphone users? According to a recent study by market research firm Nielsen Koreanclick, 91.7 percent of mobile device users (Android smartphones only) made regular use [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – There is no doubt. Priority seats on public transportation in Korea are designated for those that are in a greater need of comfort, and they can help breed a public culture of respect and civility. But what happens when a man sits in a priority seat for pregnant women? [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) revealed Sunday that it has made adjustments to what it deemed as unfair clauses in the terms of service of four major social media platforms – Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and KakaoStory. The four social media platforms did not clarify, in their terms of service, [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Short messages that are popular on social media such as Facebook or Instagram are now being published as a book. Aurum, part of the Munhakdongne Publishing Group, recently published a book called “A Storytelling Woman” written by Cho Yumi. Cho has gained fame by posting short, poetic messages on Facebook [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – More South Koreans are using Naver Corp.’s group-interaction service BAND and Instagram, although Facebook is still the most popular social networking service (SNS) platform in the country, a survey showed Tuesday, signaling a shift in the local SNS landscape. According to the survey conducted by Digieco, an economic research institute run [...]
SEOUL, Nov.6 (Korea Bizwire) – Instagram, the social networking service that lets users share pictures and videos, introduced a new advertising service at a marketing event called ‘Instagram in Korea’. The company recently introduced various types of advertisements such as pictures and videos, slides, and action-inducing ads for the first time in Korea. At the [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Editors Note: There is a photo associated with this press release. Hootsuite, the most widely used platform for managing social media, today announced integration with Instagram. Users can schedule Instagram content, as well as monitor and engage with their Instagram audience from within Hootsuite, giving them a [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Who is the hottest South Korean pop star on Instagram, an online mobile photo-sharing and video-sharing service? The answer is popular idol group EXO‘s Chanyeol, according to data released by Instagram Thursday. The data showed that Chanyeol received 97 million replies and “likes” during a year from May 25, last [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean celebrities remembered the victims of the ferry Sewol sinking in social networking services and handwritten letters Thursday, the first anniversary of the tragedy that claimed 304 lives. Actress Jung Ryeo-won posted a picture of a yellow duck with the message, “Let’s remember April 16, 2014″ on her Instagram blog [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Choo Sarang‘s mother Yano Shiho uploaded a delightful picture of Sarang to her instagram account with the caption “transforming into a princess now.” Sarang is dressed in lovely clothes in the picture. Another picture of her playing dolls with her friend was also uploaded to Yano’s Instagram. By Celena [...]