GYEONGJU, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – In the early hours of November 30, a magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck Gyeongju, South Korea, leaving military personnel with an unexpected aftermath – widespread confiscation of mobile phones. Reports have emerged of soldiers surreptitiously using phones during prohibited hours, only to be caught off guard by disaster alert sounds. According [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Roughly 50 percent of South Korean adults were found to be suffering from ‘telephone phobia,’ or a fear of talking on the phone, according to a recent study. JobKorea and Albamon, the two main South Korean job search portals, conducted a joint survey of 1,037 men and women, 46.5 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – New research data indicates that apart from voice calls and texting, smartphones are most frequently used to take pictures or videos. According to a survey conducted by the Media Research Center of the Korea Press Foundation with the participation of 1,020 adults in September 2015, 63.3 percent of the [...]