[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Dr. Malbert Smith III, the President and Co-founder of the U.S. company MetaMetrics®, Inc. widely known as the developers of the Lexile® Measures for English language reading (www.lexile.com) is scheduled to visit Korea to present a lecture at the 4th “KATE 2012 International Conference” hosted by the Korea Association of Teachers of English (www.kate.or.kr), which will take place over the course of two days on July 6th and 7th at Sookmyung Women’s University in Seoul. The theme of this year’s conference is “English Proficiency for All: Narrowing the English Gap,” and Dr.
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Contact lens specialized medical device manufacturer Neo Vision (CEO Kyung-Hwa Kim, www.neolens.co.kr) revealed that it “released ‘Shiny-DALI,’ a colored beauty lens that can be worn for 7 days.” Shiny-DALI, unlike the existing disposable lenses, can be worn for a week so that it can be used over a long period sanitarily. It is thin like the disposable lenses for little irritation, is not dry with 42% water content, and has little eye dazzling or congestion, providing excellent wearability. Especially, the base curve is 8.6mm and the diameter is 14.2mm to make the pupil l
[NBC-1TV H. J Yook]BTI Systems, the global leader redefining service delivery for metro network operators, today announced that Fiberail, one of the largest wholesale operators in Malaysia, has expanded its deployment of BTI‘s Integrated Services Delivery Platform solutions. The deployment extends Fiberail’s delivery of Mobile Backhaul and Carrier Ethernet Business services across Malaysia and enables “international interconnect” services to Thailand and Singapore. The announcement was made at CommunicAsia at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. BTI's booth is in the Canadian Pavilion, Stand BH3-0
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The Russell Greater China Index has returned +2.7% year-to-date as of June 12th, as compared to a +0.7% return for the Russell Asia-Pacific Index for the same time period. Notable sectors in the Russell Greater China Index for year-to-date performance as of June 12th include Technology (+6.6%) and Health Care (+4.9%) on the upside, and Materials & Processing (-2.9%) and Energy (-2.8%) on the downside. The Consumer Staples (+4.8%) and Financial Services (+4.8%) sectors have led within the Russell Asia-Pacific Index for year-to-date performance as of June 12th. Similar to t
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The LG Optimus L5, one of LG’s stylish, high fashion L-Series smartphones, will make its global debut in key European markets this month. The device will be available in the U.K., Germany and France, followed by markets in CIS, Middle East and Asia before crossing the ocean over to Central America and South America. True to L-Style’s elegant design philosophy, the LG Optimus L5 is a seamless merger of style and technology. Dressed in a sensuously slim body measuring only 9.5mm, the smartphone comes packed with intuitive and intelligent features such as dual SIM capabiliti
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The World Taekwondo Federation has approved the membership application of the African country of Botswana at its Council meeting in Suzhou, China on June 9, 2012. With Botswana, the WTF has expanded its global membership to 202 members, ranking among the top 7 International Sports Federations (IFs) in terms of affiliated member associations. Botswana, with a provisional member status, will become a full member of the WTF, pending its final approval at the next WTF General Assembly to be held in Puebla, Mexico in 2013. At the extraordinary WTF Council meeting, the particip
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]LG today announced that its first Quad-Core smartphone, the Optimus 4X HD, is now available for purchase in Europe. Since its introduction at the Mobile World Congress in February this year, the retail availability of the Optimus 4X HD has been eagerly anticipated. German customers will be the first to experience the power of Optimus 4X HD, followed by the Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom and Italy. The rest of the region, along with Asia, CIS, South and Central America will receive LG’s fastest smartphone in the weeks and months ahead. With its high performance and st
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]GuestLogix Inc. (TSX:GXI), the leading global provider of onboard retail and payment technology solutions to airlines and the passenger travel industry, today announced that it made the 24th annual PROFIT 200 ranking of Canada‘’s Fastest-Growing Companies by PROFIT Magazine. In addition, when compared to other publicly traded technology companies that appeared on the list, GuestLogix was the 5th fastest growing(*1). “We are excited to, yet again, be ranked as one of Canada‘’s Fastest-Growing Companies by PROFIT Magazine,” said Tom Douramakos, President and CEO of GuestLog
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]There are more and more foreign visitors coming to Korea due to the overseas popularity of Korean drama, K-pop and Korean idol stars. In particular, Japanese tourists make up about 40% of the total number of foreign visitors to Korea and many of them have already visited Korea or intend to visit Korea again. With the blooming economic growth and increased income levels, Chinese tourists, the so-called big players, consider Korea to be a desirable tourist spot. Foreign tourists that visit Korea have many different purposes for their visit such as playing golf, visiting the
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]American Wave Machines, Inc. (AWM), world leader in artificial wave technology for the emerging surf parks market, announces their selection as supplier of a 35,000 square foot PerfectSwell™ Model 1672 wave pool for the Sheksna Resort, nominated as Russia's Leading Spa Resort by World Travel Awards. PerfectSwell is an entirely new approach to generating large waves in pools with the emphasis on wave quality and the surfing experience. With no moving parts in the water, sophisticated computer controls modulate wave shape, ride duration, frequency and energy efficiency. Ana