[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Korea Human Resource Development Institute for Health and Welfare, KOHI(President, Lee Sangyong) successfully concluded ‘Health Policy and Program Management in Paraguay’ with KOICA, as part of Korea‘s ODA plans to contribute to improving the world’s health index, including MDGs. 15 trainees, including health officials, professionals and medical doctors from Paraguay participated in the course from 28th, Nov. to 9th, Dec. in 2011. The course provided trainees with a platform to learn the successful Korean health policies and management skills, find out strengths and weakn
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Following launches in North America and Korea, LG Electronics (LG) today introduced its Optimus LTE (Model L-01D) smartphone in Japan, one of the largest LTE-serviced countries. The launch of the handset comes on the heels of LG’s successful collaboration with NTT Docomo in 2010 to introduce the country’s first LTE data card, affirming LG’s commitment to supporting NTT Docomo’s commercial LTE service rollout. “The Optimus LTE is one of LG’s most promising devices and has already been received well in Korea, Canada and the United States,” said Dr. Jong-seok Park, President
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Bombardier Aerospace announced today the appointment of Torbjorn (Toby) Karlsson as Vice President, Sales, Asia-Pacific, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft. Reporting to Chet Fuller, Senior Vice President, Commercial, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft, Mr. Karlsson heads the sales team that covers the entire Asia-Pacific region except China, Japan, and South Korea. “As part of our mandate to expand our global reach and regional sales presence, we are pleased to welcome Mr. Karlsson as we look to increase our proximity to customers in the Asia-Pacific region,” said Mr. Fuller. "T
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]LG Electronics (LG) is expanding its social marketing and offering brand entertainment opportunities through LG Mobile’s official global Facebook page (www.facebook.com/lgmobile) with a Christmas seasonal promotion event. Through LG’s first social promotion titled Lay-Z Santa, effective now until December 21, LG Mobile fans will be given various entertaining content such as fun multimedia and e-cards as well as daily quiz challenges to win LG phone prizes. Lay-Z Santa offers fun music videos and catchy hit hop tunes on LG’s official YouTube channel and Facebook page. In a
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Foxit Corporation, a leading provider of solutions for reading, editing, creating, organizing, and securing PDF documents, today announced Amazon.com, Inc. has made an investment in the company, and will be working with Amazon to support PDF reading in Kindle devices and free Kindle reading apps. Terms of the investment were not disclosed. “Kindle has long supported PDF as a document format that is independent of application software, hardware, or operating systems,” said Jeff Blackburn, senior vice president, business development, Amazon.com. “Foxit has an industry-leadi
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]A test event for the taekwondo competition of the 2012 London Olympic Games concluded in a great success in London, Great Britain on Dec. 4, 2011 after two days of competition. The “London Prepares” Taekwondo International Invitational took place at the ExCeL London in eastern London, with the attendance of a total of 60 athletes from 18 countries. The second and final day of the two-day event, a rehearsal for the taekwondo competition of the London Olympic Games, featured the women’s +67kg and the men’s -80kg categories. In the men’s -80kg division, Great Britain’s Aaron
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]A test event for the taekwondo competition of the 2012 London Olympic Games kicked off in London on Dec. 3, 2011 for a two-day run, drawing a total of 60 athletes from 18 countries. The “London Prepares” Taekwondo International Invitational takes place at the ExCeL London, one of Europe’s largest and most versatile exhibition centers located at the Royal Victoria Dock in eastern London. The test event is being held in ExCeL North Halls 7-10, but at the London 2012 Olympic Games, the taekwondo competition will be held in ExCeL South Arena 2. The event, which serves as a re
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]GM Korea Company President and CEO Mike Arcamone joined 200 employees today for the opening of the automaker’s upgraded company information center at its Bupyeong headquarters in Incheon. After three months of remodeling, the company information center now includes a Chevrolet timeline zone, which shows the brand’s 100 years of history; an advanced technology zone, which displays GM Korea’s technology; a car accessory zone; and a social contribution zone. GM Korea replaced the infrequently used VIP visitor restaurant with a space to support employees’ work and recreationa
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]GM Korea Company has accelerated its sales network realignment, which began with the launch of the Chevrolet brand in March, with the opening of a new dealership in Samsung-dong in the heart of Seoul on December 1. “The opening of our first hub showroom where we celebrated the introduction of Chevrolet to Korea will enable us to build a strong brand image that is young and dynamic,” said GM Korea President and CEO Mike Arcamone at yesterday’s opening ceremony. “Thanks to the active participation of our megadealers, we will be able to complete the realignment of our domest
[By WTF/NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Mr. Dai-soon Lee (fourth from right), vice president of the World Taekwondo Federation, poses with the top three athletes in the women’s +67kg weight division on the second and final day of the two-day WTF Asian Qualification Tournament for the 2012 London Olympic Games at the John Paul II Sports Center of the Assumption University of Thailand in Bangkok, Thailand on Nov. 26, 2011. Jordan’s Nadin Dawani took the first-place honors, while athletes from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan qualified their respective countries a ticket for the London Olympic Games.