SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite hopes for the return of a pre-pandemic lifestyle as social distancing measures are being lifted, the consumption patterns for streaming platforms and the internet are not expected to change significantly, a survey showed Tuesday. Advertising agency Nas Media Corp. conducted a survey of 2,000 PC and mobile internet [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — As the process of digitalization builds up speed amidst the spread of contactless services in the pandemic era, more people in their 50s and 60s are using online banking and shopping platforms. The Ministry of Science and ICT conducted a survey of 25,144 households and their 60,305 members over [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The so-called ‘pick-up services,’ where customers can order an item online and pick it up at an offline store, are gaining popularity. A fashion store run by LF in Seoul’s Gangnam District was visited by some 1,000 customers last month to pick up the items they had ordered online. [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Justice issued an advance legislation notice on Tuesday with respect to the revision of the Act on the Use of Electronic Documents in Civil Procedures. Current laws require litigants to submit by person their litigation documents such as land register, building register and certificate of corporate [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Online drug trafficking spiked last year, data showed Wednesday, probably due to the continued spread of the internet and COVID-19. The data from the National Police Agency said 2,608 people were detained last year for trading drugs online. The corresponding figures stood at 1,120 in 2016, 1,100 in 2017, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of South Korean companies are hiring online as the pandemic drags on. Online job search portal JobKorea conducted a survey of 365 South Korean businesses, 67.1 percent of whom responded that they are ‘hiring online.’ Among them, 80.4 percent of large businesses have introduced online hiring programs. [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Music competitions for classical musicians are moving online as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage on. This year’s Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, which ended on May 3, assessed pre-recorded videos of each performance online for the first and second rounds. Only the six finalists performed offline with [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The combination of offline health coaching with smartphone-based online coaching helps improve the self-management of individuals suffering from chronic diseases, a recent study showed. A research team from the Department of Family Medicine at Seoul National University Hospital said Thursday that it had tested the effectiveness of the offline health coaching [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Monday that it will hold the 2021 Seoul Fashion Week for Fall/Winter from March 22-27. The fashion show will take place surrounded by famous artifacts and artworks owned by the National Museum of Korea and the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, and [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The average amount of time South Koreans spent using the internet reached over 20 hours per week last year, 2.7 hours more than the time spent the previous year amid the stay-at-home trend driven by the pandemic, a report showed Wednesday. South Koreans used the internet 20.1 hours a [...]