SEOUL, Mar. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Hotel Shilla Co., an affiliate of South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung Group, said Tuesday it plans to open a duty-free shop in downtown Bangkok, speeding up efforts to expand its overseas presence. The company said the duty-free shop, which will open within this year, comes after Hotel Shilla first established [...]
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) - Network software leader Metaswitch Networks® today announced that AIS, Thailand’s largest mobile carrier, has selected its Perimeta session border controller as the foundation for a system-wide service modernization. The solution allows AIS to securely and reliably connect to other operators in Thailand using IP interconnect, and provides a [...]
SEOUL, Nov.9 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government has stepped up to help prevent accidents in the workplace among foreign workers who are unfamiliar with the Korean language. City officials announced that they will be providing safety education for 210 foreign workers from five different countries – Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, and Bangladesh. Safety [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Naver’s global messenger ‘LINE’ is dominating mobile communications in Thailand with the lion’s share of the mobile messenger market. According to Naver, there are currently 33 million LINE users in Thailand. Considering that the country’s total population is 68 million and that 63 percent of Thais own a smartphone, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Hitejinro is making inroads in the Southeast Asian market, starting with Thailand, by localizing Korea’s most popular drink, ‘soju’ (distilled rice liquor). Recently, Hitejinro’s ‘Chamisul’, ‘Chamisul Classic’, ‘Jinro 24′ and ‘Jamong-e-isul’ (Grapefruit Soju) have been launched in Thailand. Unlike Koreans, who usually drink Soju straight with a small shot [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean marines joined Asia-Pacific’s largest annual multinational military exercise, Cobra Gold, which started in Thailand from February 9 to 20, and has been held since 1981. This year, Korea dispatched 36 marine scouts and 14 officers for field exercises and staff planning exercises. Korea has been participating in the training [...]
BANGKOK, THAILAND, Nov. 27, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) — Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), the worldwide leader in IT, celebrates 20 years of operations in Thailand, having played a key role in digitizing the economy and transforming Thailand. Cisco technologies, expertise and solutions have been embraced by business and organizations in, changing the way Thais’ work, live, play [...]
Seoul, Korea, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) today announced that it, in cooperation with a tablet-based educational solutions provider Chungdahm Learning, launched two pilot projects on Smart Class at Darakam Elementary School and Patumkongka Middle School located in Bangkok, Thailand. The two schools are affiliated with the Institute for the Promotion [...]
Tokyo, Japan, Jun. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – LINE Corporation, owner and operator of the free call and messaging app LINE, announced that Closer, a television commercial aired in Thailand, received a bronze award at the 61st Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is the largest advertising festival in the [...]