SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Inc. is expected to launch its new iPhone 12 series in South Korea earlier than its usual schedule, sources said Monday, as the U.S. tech titan targets to attract more 5G users here. According to officials at local telecom operators, they are preparing to sell the iPhone 12 [...]
WASHINGTON/SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s first military communications satellite was successfully launched into space Monday, Seoul’s arms procurement agency said, making the country the world’s 10th to own a communications satellite for military purposes only. The Anasis-II satellite lifted off atop a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket manufactured by U.S commercial space [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A slew of highly-anticipated mobile games based on classic PC titles have been or are set to be launched during the second half of this year, as game publishers aim to attract more mobile game users. In the lineup is “The Kingdom of the Winds: Yeon,” by major game [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The world’s first geostationary environment-monitoring satellite, built by South Korea, has been successfully launched, the country’s state-run aerospace research institute said Wednesday. The Ariane-5 rocket carrying the 3.4-ton Chollian-2B, tasked with monitoring the movement of fine dust and other air pollutants, as well as tides, in the East Asian region is [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major game publishers are scheduled to launch their indigenous games during the first half of the year, which will also boost their earnings down the road, industry sources said Sunday. Netmarble Games, a major mobile game developer and publisher, said its new mobile massively multiplayer online role-playing [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — American tech giant Apple’s latest iPhone 11 series officially hit the shelves in South Korea on Friday, targeting consumers looking for premium phones available in 4G models. Apple released its iPhone, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max in South Korea about one month after their launch in [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Blue Bottle Coffee will officially debut in Seoul later this week, a South Korean affiliate of the upscale U.S. coffee chain operator said Tuesday. The new cafe will open in Seoul’s eastern Seongsu neighborhood — a trendy hangout spot where young artists and designers renovated existing buildings into art [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s first indigenous geostationary weather satellite, the Chollian-2A, intended to enhance the country’s weather monitoring system, successfully made initial contact with a ground station after blasting off from a space center in French Guiana, the government in Seoul said Wednesday. The multipurpose satellite, also known as GEO-KOMPSAT-2A, lifted [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Blue Bottle Coffee Co., an upscale U.S. coffee chain operator, said Wednesday that it will open its first Korean shop in Seoul in the second quarter of next year as the company moves to expand its presence in the Asian market. It said the new cafe and a roastery [...]