SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A wave of sophisticated scams targeting small business owners is spreading across South Korea, with perpetrators posing as celebrity managers, politicians, and government officials to orchestrate large-scale “no-show” fraud schemes. According to police reports, these scammers typically place phone calls posing as aides to well-known public figures—such as K-pop stars, [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean telecom giant KT Corp. is set to launch a ‘two-way reservation check-in’ service that would make it easier for small businesses to manage customer reservations. The new service, developed jointly with a domestic start-up, would enable small businesses to manage customer reservations via text message, while minimizing [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A court on Friday ordered a sports agency to compensate fans for Cristiano Ronaldo’s no-show at a friendly football match in Seoul last year. The Seoul Central District Court ruled in favor of 162 plaintiffs who sued The Fasta, which organized the exhibition game between Italy’s Juventus and South [...]
INCHEON, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court on Tuesday ruled in favor of local football fans who demanded compensation for football star Cristiano Ronaldo’s “no-show” incident in a much-awaited match last year. A sellout crowd of 65,000 filled the Seoul World Cup Stadium in July 2019 for an exhibition match between a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s two main airlines, Korean Air and Asiana, will be adding 200,000 won to cancellation charges for customers who cancel a flight reservation after going through the departure gate. Previously, the cancellation charges were only around 100,000 won (US$88), making it difficult to prevent cases where a customer [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – On October 15, a social media post by a restaurant owner criticizing a company for no-showing on a dinner reservation for 400 went viral, stirring up indignation from the Korean online community for what the owner described was the third time the same company had committed the faux pas. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – No-shows, those that miss appointments without prior notice, can be particularly concerning for hospitals as they can take away treatment opportunities from other patients. According to a study by the Hyundai Research Institute, Korean hospitals and clinics experienced a no-show rate of 18 percent in 2015, which was the [...]