TOKYO, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Leading global commercial real estate services and investment management firm, Colliers International (NASDAQ and TSX: CIGI) today announced that Yukihiro Ogasawara has been appointed as Managing Director & Chairman | Japan. Ogasawara joins Colliers Japan from CBRE, where he was Vice Chairman of Capital Markets and led a strategy [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — All elementary, middle, and high schools in Seoul will be banned from using symbols of Japanese Imperialism. Seoul’s city council passed a new city ordinance on Sept. 15 that took effect on Sept. 24. The new ordinance restricts the use of certain symbols of Japanese Imperialism in schools to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it has successfully verified an advanced 5G technology with Japanese telecom operator KDDI Corp. as the South Korean tech titan tries to expand its presence in next-generation wireless solutions. Samsung and KDDI joined hands to demonstrate 5G network slicing technology in Tokyo with the [...]
DAEJEON, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – A state-funded research institute announced on Tuesday that it will launch a purity analysis service for locally-made hydrogen fluoride. After furnishing quality evaluation equipment for high-purity gas materials used in semiconductors, the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) is now ready to launch about 20 different types of quality [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group TWICE debuted at the top of two daily music charts in Japan with its latest compilation album “#TWICE3,” according to its agency Thursday. The record, which repackages the group’s past Korean and Japanese hits, topped Oricon’s Daily Albums chart by scoring 67,808 points, JYP Entertainment said, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band Seventeen scored its fourth-straight win on Japan’s Oricon weekly album chart with its latest Japanese record “24H,” the group’s management agency said Tuesday. “24H,” the 13-member boy group’s second Japanese EP record, ranked at No. 1 on Oricon’s weekly album chart for the week of Sept. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group GFriend plans to release two digital singles in Japan next month, its management agency said Monday. The singles — “Labyrinth – Crossroads” and “Song of the Sirens – Apple” — will be released on Oct. 14 and 21, respectively, according to Source Music. “Labyrinth – Crossroads” [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — With the relation between South Korea and Japan assessed as having nose-dived to the lowest point since diplomatic ties were formed in 1965, a recent survey showed that the citizens of both countries have low levels of trust in each other’s leader. According to a survey conducted by the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, said Monday it has signed a deal to supply 5G-based augmented reality (AR) content to Japanese carrier KDDI Corp. Under the deal, LG Uplus will supply its educational service of around 220 children’s books in AR format to KDDI. The [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — More than a year after Japan imposed export restrictions against South Korea, igniting a boycott movement against Japanese goods, 3 out of 4 Korean consumers said they are still participating in the boycott movement. According to a survey conducted by the Korea Broadcast Advertising Corp. of 1,000 Koreans from [...]