SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — This year’s Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) is set to open with a wide selection of art house favorites and commercial blockbusters as well as star guests to attract movie buffs and cinephiles. BIFF, Asia’s biggest film festival, kicks off Wednesday for a 10-day run in the southeastern port [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Traffic on major expressways across South Korea remained relatively light Tuesday, the final day of the extended Chuseok holiday, as many families returned home after visiting their hometowns. As of 9 a.m., the estimated travel time to Seoul from Busan, 320 kilometers southeast of the capital, was 4 hours [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s business circles, led by big conglomerates like SK and LG, are making all-out efforts in the country’s final pitch to host the 2030 World Expo in the southeastern port city of Busan. With less than two months to go before the selection of the host country, the [...]
BORYEONG, South Korea, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Coast Guard apprehended 22 Chinese nationals Tuesday suspected of attempting to illegally enter a western coastal city by boat, officials said. The group of Chinese nationals, known to be around their 40s, faces charges of attempting to flee after the vessel carrying them illegally docked at [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. plans to launch two electric vehicle models in Japan by early next year, as it seeks to increase sales in the Japanese market, according to company officials Tuesday. Hyundai currently sells the Nexo hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicle and the Ioniq 5 midsize crossover there through an [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of memory chips, will build next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) chiplets for the computing startup Tenstorrent, the Canadian company has said. Tenstorrent has said it has selected Samsung’s Foundry Design Service team to manufacture its chiplets, which can be used for a wide [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – While ‘social distancing’ was the dominant trend during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the pandemic now behind us, there’s a rising interest in ‘on-the-go’ items as more people embark on camping trips and road journeys. During the pandemic, the electronics industry introduced products tailored to the behavioral patterns and routines of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The telecommunications industry is gearing up for an intense marketing battle leading up to the launch of the iPhone 15 in South Korea. The primary focus is on capturing the attention and loyalty of Korean consumers, with companies offering services such as early morning and same-day delivery. Telecom companies are [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Consumer electronics retailers, grappling with a dire challenge for survival, are seeking innovative solutions by introducing after-sales services (AS) and membership programs. In the face of escalating e-commerce competition, diversified sales channels, and a global economic downturn, consumer electronics retailers find themselves at a crossroads. In an effort to navigate [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – TV dramas were once immensely popular, airing every day of the week in various formats, including Monday and Tuesday dramas, Wednesday-Thursday dramas, Friday-Saturday dramas and weekend dramas. Today, however, dramas airing on weekdays have become quite rare. Among mini-series dramas, Wednesday-Thursday dramas were the first to disappear from the TV [...]