SEOUL, Jun. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A senior official at South Korea’s presidential office cautioned people here Friday against being excessively concerned about the impact of the possible involvement of Huawei, a Chinese telecom giant, in the country’s 5G network. “There’s no impact from the 5G (use) to the defense security of South Korea and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Local tour agency Cosmojin Tour announced Tuesday the top five tourism trends in 2016 for inbound travelers. According to Cosmojin, this year was marked by an increasing number of individual tourists, instead of group tours, and company officials said the number of inquiries for the tours rose by 30 [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The official launch date of the sensational augmented-reality (AR) smartphone game ‘Pokemon Go’ in South Korea will be determined early next month as the Korean government will decide whether Google Maps – the core of Nintendo’s popular game – will be permitted to make use of detailed map data in Korea. [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The Defense Ministry on Saturday ruled out any change in the site for deploying an advanced U.S. anti-missile system amid no signs of progress in ending the standoff with angry residents near the site. Residents in the country’s southeastern county of Seongju began protesting after South Korea and U.S. [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) – More than half of Seoul residents think that political unrest and the split in public opinion is a greater threat to Korea’s security than nuclear arms in North Korea, a survey shows. The Seoul Metropolitan Government conducted a survey about national security, polling 3,039 Seoul citizens from June 11 to [...]