Dongbu Daewoo Electronics is aiming to occupy the French market, the major market in Europe, through sports marketing.The company said it has become an official sponsor for “Hand Star Game 2015,” a game of handball which is the national sport in France.About 20,000 fans from all over France watched

Samsung Electronics announced on Dec. 29 it is addressing the growing demand of quantified health with an all-in-one advanced system logic chip for the health wearables market, called a Bio-Processor. The bioprocessing chip, now in mass production, is specially designed to accelerate the development

Hanwha Galleria, a retail unit under the Hanwha Group, has partially opened its first duty-free store at the 63 City Building in Yeouido, Seoul on Dec. 28, its debut into the duty free business.With the title of “Beginning of the Golden Journey,” Galleria Duty Free 63 will feature a total of 369 cos

Hankook Tire, a leading global tire company, donated 1.1 billion won (US$939,769) to the Community Chest of Korea (CCK) on Dec. 23 as part of its “Sharing Hope Campaign 2016” to support the underprivileged.From 2003, the company has been joining the sharing hope campaign led by the CCK every year to

The Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) announced today that the ‘Australian Mangoes Promotion’ will be held from 24 to 30 Dec. at select Homeplus stores.The promotion will run at all Homeplus stores and will provide consumers the opportunity to purchase quality Australian mangoes at a discounted

SK Hynix announced on Dec. 21 that its employees, who were taking part in the overseas training program for outstanding employees, did volunteer work for the underprivileged in Cambodia.The program was aimed at helping SK Hynix employees get global mindsets and competence by providing different cult

WeMakePrice, one of South Korea's biggest social commerce platforms, is holding an online bazaar called “Red Bazaar” until Jan. 8, along with 60 domestic, foreign and luxury designer brands.The Red Bazaar is a special online bazaar in partnership with numerous brands at home and abroad. Two percent

The SPC Group announced on Dec. 18 that it has opened a Paris Baguette shop that has been redecorated in a “Big Bang” theme in Shanghai, in partnership with YG Entertainment. “Big Bang” is a Korean idol group that has also spawned a line of cute animation characters. This is the first store in both

On Tuesday, Dec. 15, a classical concert titled Music and Life of Carl Nielsen – 150 Years, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the world-renowned Danish classical music composer and composer Carl August Nielsen (June 9, 1865 – Oct. 3, 1931) was held at the Seoul National University Museum of Art (

On Dec. 17, George Mason University Korea officially announced that Bachelor of Science degrees for Accounting and Finance will be offered in addition to their existing degrees starting this Spring 2016 semester.The new Accounting and Finance majors are two primary programs of George Mason Universit

To celebrate the 116th anniversary of its founding, the Korea Ginseng Corp (KGC) has released four limited special edition products.With the concept of “sharing love,” the limited edition is available in four products: “Red Ginseng Extract Special Edition,” “Sharing the Sweet Heart,” “Sharing Health

The SPC Group (Chairman Hur Young-in) announced on Dec. 14 that its sommelier, Ahn Jung-min, has won the 1st Asia Best Sommelier Competition in French Wines 2015 held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Dec. 10.Hosted by the French Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries (MAAF) and organized by Sopexa

Global consulting firm ECA International recently picked the 20 most expensive Asia-Pacific cities for expatriates to live in. Shanghai topped the list, followed by Beijing, Hong Kong, Seoul and Tokyo.Shanghai ranked third last year, and climbed two notches this year. Beijing rose from fourth to sec

An exhibition on the life and works of world famous Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen opened for the first time in Korea at the Seoul Museum of History on Dec.3. The exhibition, aptly titled ‘I Belong to the World’, presents Seoulites with the life and works of Andersen, who has enchanted childr

WeMakePrice, one of South Korea's biggest social commerce platforms, is holding an online bazaar called “W BAZAAR” to support the underprivileged, along with new designer brands such as Jhonny West, Luv Is True, Chloe & Price and Cheap Monday & J.Daul.Starting with Jhonny West, Luv Is True, new desi

The 2015 Korea Christmas Fair (Festival & Conference Season II) will be held from Dec. 11 to 20 at KINTEX in Goyang City. It is going to be hosted by KINTEX and EXPORUM and organised in cooperation with Gyeonggi Province and Goyang City.The second Korea Christmas Fair this year will offer various ev

Coway announced on Dec. 7 that it formed a partnership with the Korean office of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in order to sponsor various activities of the office for five years until 2020.According to their agreement, a certain portion of the profits generated by Coway’s sale of refurbished

Long-time British residents of Korea speculate about how long the annual tradition of the British Chamber of Commerce in Korea’s Christmas Lunch has gone on. None can say for sure, but it is at least as long-lived as the British Chamber itself. This year’s event was at the Grand Ballroom of the new

Kakao’s executives and employees visited the 10th Global Hope School in Myanmar to serve the community and promote cultural exchange.The company said on Nov. 24 that its international volunteer team, made up of executives and employees of the company, went to a school in Dagon Seikan, Myanmar, to do

According to Korea International Trade Association’s report released on Dec. 2, 6.1 percent of Korean college and undergraduate students are willing to start their own business after graduation while the percentage is as high as 40.8 for their Chinese counterparts.The organization mentioned an activ