Sundaytoz Achieves Record High Results
Friday, May 9th, 2014By Yoo Daniel (daniel@koreaittimes.com)SEOUL, KOREA - Sundaytoz, a front-runner in domestic social game market, achieved record-high sales and operating profit in the first quarter...
View ArticleHyundai Motor Studio Opens in Gangnam
Friday, May 9th, 2014By Choi Ju-ho (juhochoi@koreaittimes.com) SEOUL, KOREA - Hyundai Motor opened a brand experience space first among domestic auto makers. The company announced that it opened the...
View ArticleDowntown Duty Free Shops Picked as Most Favored Shopping Place for Chinese...
Friday, May 9th, 2014By Kim Yung-yong (yong@koreaittimes.com)SEOUL, KOREA - Of the foreign tourists visiting Korea, the Chinese tend to shop in downtown duty free shops while the Japanese frequent...
View ArticleSamsung Group Shares on the Rise on News of Samsung SDS IPO
Friday, May 9th, 2014By Yeoun Je-hyun (joyjh@koreaittimes.com)SEOUL, KOREA - As the news of Samsung SDS to make an IPO within the year, the prices of related stocks are on the rise. At 10:32 am on May...
View ArticleMobile Shopping Sales Marks Three-fold Jump at G-Market
Friday, May 9th, 2014By Chung Kwang-deuk (kdchung@koreaittimes.com) SEOUL, KOREA - An online shopping site G-Market announced on May 7 that mobile shopping sales marked a sharp growth ahead of the...
View ArticleSmartphone Makers Gear up again for New Product Marketing
Friday, May 9th, 2014By Yeoun Je-hyun (joyjh@koreaittimes.com) SEOUL, KOREA - A group of smartphone makers, including Pantech, Sony, and LG Electronics, are gearing up again to promote new product...
View ArticleLG to Expand Global LTE Footprint with Introduction of F70
Newest Device Offers Speedy Quad-Core Performance, 4G LTE Connectivity and Unique Features for the Ultimate User Experience Friday, May 9th, 2014By Kim Yu-na (yuna@koreaittimes.com)SEOUL, KOREA -...
View ArticleThe 2014 IT 21 Global Conference Revs up the Government’s Creative Economy...
Top-notch speakers, technology executives from leading companies and experts get together to thrash out ways to respond to the spread of foreign-developed technologies Friday, May 9th, 2014By Kim...
View ArticleGov't to Raise Limit of Post-Ferry Incident Stimulus Package to 180 Bil. Won
Monday, May 12th, 2014By Lee Jun-seung (junseung@koreaittimes.com)SEOUL, KOREA - The government will raise the size of support to be given to small enterprises and travel, transportation, and lodging...
View ArticleCorporate Planned Investment for the Year Rises 4.5% to 136.1 Tril. Won
Monday, May 12th, 2014By Yeoun Je-hyun (joyjh@koreaittimes.com)SEOUL, KOREA - A study said major corporations will increase their investment in plants and equipment this year. Korea Finance Corp. said...
View ArticleSamsung Life Share Price Rises on the News of Asset Management Acquisition
Monday, May 12th, 2014By Chung Kwang-deuk (kdchung@koreaittimes.com)SEOUL, KOREA - As Samsung Life acquires a stake in Samsung Asset Management, its share price is rising fast. At 9:01 am on May 12,...
View ArticleKT Succeeds in Signing up 150,000 Customers after End of Suspension
Monday, May 12th, 2014By Lee Jun-seung (junseung@koreaittimes.com)SEOUL, KOREA - KT, Korea's No. 2 mobile telecom service operator, has signed up more than 150,000 new subscribers during the two-week...
View ArticleCJ CheilJedang Steps up Production of Fermented Soybean Meal "Soytide"
Monday, May 12th, 2014By Yeoun Je-hyun (joyjh@koreaittimes.com)SEOUL, KOREA - CJ CheilJedang is stepping up its production of Soytide, high-protein fermented soybean meal-based animal feed. The company...
View ArticleKorea's Per-capita Credit Card Use Ranked No. 3 in the World
Monday, May 12th, 2014By Yeon Choul-woong (bruceyeon@koreaittimes.com)SEOUL, KOREA - Korea's credit card transaction amount is the third largest in the world, with the number of transactions the...
View ArticleFluke Networks Introduces Trio of "Accelerator" Solutions to Speed Fiber...
Tuesday, May 13th, 2014By Anne-Isabelle Degryse-Blateau (info@koreaittimes.com)WASHINGTON, US - Fluke Networks today unveiled three new solutions for its family of cabling certification and testing...
View ArticleCost-Competitive Automotive Microcontrollers from STMicroelectronics Pack...
Tuesday, May 13th, 2014By Blaise Judja-Sato (info@koreaittimes.com)SEOUL, KOREA - STMicroelectronics has expanded its 8-bit automotive-grade microcontroller portfolio by adding ultra-competitively...
View ArticleMerck to Keep Consumer Health Business
Darmstadt-based company holds global rights to the name Merck with exception of the U.S. and Canada Tuesday, May 13th, 2014By Anne-Isabelle Degryse-Blateau (info@koreaittimes.com)DARMSTADT, GERMANY -...
View ArticleSamsung Releases New Football-themed Galaxy 11 Campaign Video Featuring...
Together with Samsung, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney invite fans to participate in virtual football experiences including Galaxy 11-themed mobile games and World Tour Tuesday, May...
View ArticleAmorepacific Share Price Jumps for 2 Consecutive Days
Tuesday, May 13th, 2014By Yoo Daniel (daniel@koreaittimes.com)SEOUL, KOREA - The share price of Amorepacific Corp. has risen for two consecutive trading days largely due to the first-quarter "surprise"...
View Article"Band" Challenges Kakao in Mobile Games
Tuesday, May 13th, 2014By Cho Won-chan (wonchan@koreaittimes.com)SEOUL, KOREA - "Band," the closed-type social networking service run by Camp Mobile, a Naver Corp. subsidiary, has been reborn as a game...
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