SUWON, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency (GNPPA) is hiring a unique set of experts and creative talents that would normally seem unfit for a normal police recruiting operation. The agency is hiring young officers with experience in marketing, blogging, and even cartoon drawing, all to connect with SNS (social [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The CJ E&M Research Center and the UnivTomorrow Research Laboratory for the Twenties revealed Tuesday a report that takes a close look at dating trends among Korean men and women in their twenties. The report, titled ‘Dating White Paper for Korea’s Youths in their 20s, was compiled after surveying [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The pilots’ union of Korean Air Lines (KAL) has released a statement outlining its official position with regards to SNS comments made by Chairman Cho Yang-ho, saying that he is “unqualified to be the CEO of an airline”. The controversy started when chairman Cho wrote a comment on a Facebook post [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Law enforcement agencies are being criticized for focusing more on publicity and performance records rather than investigating and fighting crime. Even the police themselves acknowledge that taking pictures to upload on their SNS accounts during urgent missions has become an issue, and sometimes the contents are exaggerated in the [...]
BUSAN, Feb.26 (Korea Bizwire) – Many cases which the police caught suspects using SNS are being reported. Now, SNS plays an important role in distributing ‘Wanted ads’, since the information spreads rapidly. A suspect who sexually harassed two little girls and was on the lam for the past seven months was finally captured thanks to [...]
SEOUL, Jan 11 (Korea Bizwire) – It has been suggested that the reason China’s Xiaomi was able to grow into a successful international company in only five years was because of its efficient usage of social media. A recent report issued by the KT Economy and Management Research Center says that social media acted as [...]
SEOUL, Dec.3 (Korea Bizwire) – A battle between genders is sizzling online. Men and women are fighting each other through replies on the internet. Against the men who disparaged women on the internet as ‘Kimchi B**ches’, women who remained silent have started to raise their voices, resulting in a war without firearms. The firepower of [...]
SEOUL, Nov.6 (Korea Bizwire) – Instagram, the social networking service that lets users share pictures and videos, introduced a new advertising service at a marketing event called ‘Instagram in Korea’. The company recently introduced various types of advertisements such as pictures and videos, slides, and action-inducing ads for the first time in Korea. At the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – What are the most in-demand scientific technologies for Koreans? The ICT ministry will develop technology according to the desires of the population through big data analysis on opinions found on the Internet, SNS and in news stories. The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning announced on September 20 that its [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) – It has been reported that the number of subscribers to North Korean propaganda SNS channels is soaring. As of July 24, there were 11,756 subscribers to a YouTube channel named “uriminzokkiri.” The channel features propaganda video clips about North Korea, and is run by its Committee for Peaceful Reunification. [...]