SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) – “Samsung Group chairman Lee Kun-hee dies. Expecting announcement at 3 p.m. Embargo.” An unidentified tip announcing the death of one of Korea’s most revered business moguls shocked the Korean stock market which ran rampant across social media on June 30. The rumor of the death of Korea’s richest (Forbes [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly half of all South Koreans consume digital news on their smartphones, topping the list of 26 countries studied, a survey showed Tuesday. According to the Korea Press Foundation (KPF) that released the Korean version of the survey, “Digital News Report 2016,” by Reuters Institute for the Study of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Koreans’ consumption rate of news coverage through public TV networks in 2014 dropped to 84.7 percent from 93.8 percent in 2013, according to a survey of 5,061 Koreans over 19 about Korea’s media consumption in 2014 that was published by the Korea Press Foundation on January 30. The rate [...]