SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean quarantine authorities have opened English and Chinese-language websites that provide information about the country’s efforts to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, officials said Friday. To help foreigners better understand the government’s response to the virus outbreak, they opened the English website (http://ncov.mohw.go.kr/en/) Thursday and the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of website defacements in South Korea has increased in 2019 from a year earlier, an opposition lawmaker said Wednesday. Rep. Shin Yong-hyeon of the minor opposition Bareunmirae Party said webpage-related hackings, including the stealing of confidential information and injection of malicious code, numbered 501 cases as of [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of South Koreans booking their own flights and accommodations online rather than using travel agency package products when they travel abroad. However, there have been a number of complaints regarding the use of global lodging and airline reservation websites. According to the Korea Consumer Agency (KCA) [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The percentage of Korean companies that have official websites languishes far below the OECD average, which might lead some to question whether Korea is really an ICT powerhouse. According to a Digital Economy Outlook report released by OECD on February 12, only 61.3% of Korean enterprises had a website, tied [...]