[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Citibank Korea, Inc. (CEO Ha Yung Ku, www.citibank.co.kr) announced that it launched Citi Post-paid Hipass Card for drivers to pay highway toll fees without cash or charging. Citi Post-paid Hipass Card offers 50%~20% discount during rush hours and all-time 5% discount when using Hipass lane on the Korea Expressway Corporation highways. The card is dedicated to highway toll fee payment for which anyone holding a Citibank credit card can apply. (Citi BC excluded) It may also be issued when applying for/issuing a new Citibank credit card. To celebrate its launch, CKI will ho
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]LG Electronics (LG) has joined with the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) and the Armauer Hansen Research Institute and the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia to implement a mass vaccination program for children in Ethiopia. LG and the IVI jointly launched the program on July 5 in Ethiopia’s capital city of Addis Ababa,. Aiming to help break the cycle of poverty and disease that affects many children in Ethiopia, LG is coordinating a fundraising campaign inside the company via social me-dia. LG has also pledged to donate 1,000 Korean Won for every comment left on LG’s soc
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Telecoms Korea released an English version of Telecoms Korea Magazine for the iPad focusing Korea's telecom and mobile industries. The monthly Telecoms Korea Magazine for the iPad delivers never-before-seen content with unique viewpoints from the editorial staff of Telecoms Korea. It also includes exclusive contributions from industry leaders and observers. To celebrate the launch of the monthly Telecoms Korea Magazine for the iPad, the inaugural issue will be available for a special introductory price until July 10 ($0.99 instead of $4.99) through the Apple App Store.
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]BiCORE Co., Ltd (CEO Ji-Su Park) that has developed smart phone mobile game hits including ‘Demon Hunter’, ‘Bloomy’ and ‘Jewel Battle’ expressed that it attracted a large scale investment reaching up to 5 billion won from CJ Venture Investment. It is getting special attention from the related industry as this is based on successful advancement into the global market. The recent investment is getting attention from the fact that the investment was accomplished by receiving positive evaluation on high technology and game characteristics under the difficulty of domestic mobi
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, an advanced network solutions provider, today announced the deployment of 4G LTE service for LG U+, one of the leading mobile service providers in Korea. The network will be available from July 1st. LG U+ and Samsung adopted enhanced High-Rate Packet Data (eHRPD) which supports seamless service mobility between a LTE network and a CDMA network. eHRPD is a global standard established by 3GPP and 3GPP2. Subscribers of LG U+ can enjoy a high-quality mobile broadband service with speeds more than six times faster than a current 3G network. From l
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]After four days of dynamic and fair competitions, the WTF World Qualification Tournament for the 2012 London Olympic Games wrapped up in a great success in Baku, Azerbaijan on July 3, 2011. A total of 15 countries took at least one ticket to the taekwondo competition of the 2012 London Olympic Games through the just-ended WTF World Qualification Tournament. Through the World Qualification Tournament, which took place at the Sarhadchi Sport Olympic Center, Korea grabbed four tickets for the taekwondo competition of the 2012 London Olympic Games. Six countries – host
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Host Azerbaijan and Iran added one ticket each to the taekwondo competition of the 2012 London Olympic Games on the 3rd day of the WTF World Qualification Tournament for the 2012 London Olympic Games in Baku, Azerbaijan on July 2, 2011, while China, Croatia, Chinese Taipei and Italy earned their respective country one berth. In the men’s -80kg final match, Azerbaijan’s Ramin Azizov won the gold medal as his final opponent, Iran’s Yousef Karami, withdrew from the match. Azizov gave his country another ticket to the taekwondo competition at the London Olympic Games. In the
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Korea won one more ticket to the taekwondo competition of the 2012 London Olympic Games on the 2nd day of the WTF World Qualification Tournament for the 2012 London Olympic Games in Baku, Azerbaijan on July 1, 2011, while France, Turkey, Iran, Russia and Brazil gave their respective country one berth. In the men’s -68kg weight division, Turkey’s Servet Tazegul brushed aside a stiff challenge from Iran’s Mohammad Bagheri Motamed to win the final match 6-4 for the gold medal. The Turk earned his country a ticket to the taekwondo competition at the London Olympic Games. The
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Ultimate Risk Solutions (URS), developer of financial risk modeling software, is entering Asia Pacific markets as the Company marks its tenth anniversary, Alex Bushel, Founder and Chief Executive Officer announced. The Company has established bases in Hong Kong for North Asia and Bangkok for Southeast Asia. David Piesse has been named Managing Director Asia Pacific and Chris Venvell has been named Business Development Director Asia Pacific. Together they will serve as the Company's business development team in the region. URS was one of the first to create sophisticated d
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Novellus Systems(NASDAQ: NVLS) announced that it has shipped a VECTOR® plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition(PECVD) system to Xurui Guangdian Co., Ltd.(“China SemiLEDs”), a joint venture company in the People‘s Republic of China in which SemiLEDs Corporation(NASDAQ: LEDS), a leading manufacturer of high-brightness light-emitting diodes(LEDs), is a partner. The new VECTOR will be installed at the China SemiLEDs’ plant in Foshan, China, and will be used for the manufacturing of SemiLEDs' MvpLED™ high-efficiency LED products. Cost-per-die and cost-per-lumen are critical