SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean Government is set to launch a 1.4 billion won (US$ 1.3 million) project to delete Korean citizens’ exposed personal information, said the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) on January 14. The project’s goal is to find cases of illegally collected or mishandled personal information among domestic and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Thanks to the entrenchment of a five-day workweek and widespread awareness of the importance of having a balanced life, Koreans are finding themselves with an increasing amount of free time. However, the quality and diversity of the free time has remained the same even as the quantity has increased, [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) – As Coming-of-Age Day, which falls on the third Monday in May each year, is drawing near, many seem to start brainstorming gift ideas for the ones soon to be entering their adulthood. There have been a clichéd list of gifts associated with Coming-of-Age Day in Korea, but such an [...]
![[Feature] Truth to Be Told: Why Social Media Still Matter in Ferry Disaster](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/facebook-01-800x571.jpg "[Feature] Truth to Be Told: Why Social Media Still Matter in Ferry Disaster")
SEOUL, Korea, April 26, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – While the whole nation is mourning on the tragic sinking of the passenger ferry Sewol, some online users are pouring out malicious comments in the cyber space mostly powered by social networks. As has always been the case with similar accidents where mostly younger kids do such [...]
![[Kobiz Stats] Have you ever worried about a possible privacy leakage through SNS?](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/SNS사생활침해-영문-1.jpg "[Kobiz Stats] Have you ever worried about a possible privacy leakage through SNS?")
[Related Article] Many Koreans Feel “SNS Infringes on Privacy” (Korea Bizwire, April 17) As personal information leakage takes place frequent recently, seven out of ten Koreans have expressed their concerns over privacy infringement from social network services such as Facebook and Twitter. According to Alba Heaven, Korea’s online part-time job portal, which conducted a survey [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 17, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – As personal information leakage takes place frequent recently, seven out of ten Koreans have expressed their concerns over privacy infringement from social network services such as Facebook and Twitter. According to Alba Heaven, Korea’s online part-time job portal, which conducted a survey on its 2,205 members, 71.5 [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 5 (Korea Bizwire) – It’s a little bit annoying to receive and check text messages or Facebook alerts while driving and it can often cause a tragic accident. For those who want to check the message without being disrupted, getting a smartphone application reading the message out loud is the way to [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) –Daum Communications, one of South Korea’s largest portal site, is introducing its private Social Network Service(SNS)_SolGroup_on March 4th. SolGroup is the third service of the Sol Studio at Daum which is a global mobile application publisher. Likewise SolMail and SolCalendar that had been selected by a US IT media ‘The [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Feb 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Kabam, the leader in the western world for free-to-play games for traditional players, today announced its continued international expansion with an office opening in April in the Sinsa-dong district of Seoul. Kabam’s Seoul office will provide live operations, localization, quality assurance, marketing, and player experience services dedicated [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 14 (Korea Bizwire) – AhnLab Inc., Korea’s major security software developer, is set to provide a service to prevent “smishing,” the act of attempting to acquire personal information such as passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity through text messages, by sending out “AhnLab Smishing Alarm” in its social networking [...]