Mobile carriers are moving into the mobile messenger field after wrestling with the surging popularity of existing mobile messengers which they claim have jammed networks and snatched away data fees.KT Corp., the country’s largest fixed-line service operator, released its own communication tool called “olleh talk” on Thursday.SK Telecom is also looking into introducing a mobile chat service as ear

Korea’s auto parts manufacturers are aggressively seeking inroads into Brazil, the world’s fourth-largest automobile market.Brazil has emerged as the world’s sixth-largest automobile producer and sold about 3.6 million vehicles last year, grabbing the world’s fourth place.The active advancement of local companies has been fueled by the recently growing demand for made-in-Korea components in the So

Lump-sum deposits, or jeonse, neared 60 percent of average housing prices in Seoul and its surrounding areas in the first quarter, reflecting a growing burden on low- and middle-income living on leases.A report on the housing market by KB Bank on Thursday said deposits for jeonse stood at 58.9 percent of apartment prices on average, the highest since it reached 59.5 percent in November 2004.Jeonse

The Financial Services Commission is to propose a bill banning financial companies from filing suits against customers if the disputes are over a “small” amount of transactions.The bill is expected to define small-amount dispute cases as those whose transactions do not exceed 5 million won ($4,600).While the FSC said the bill will be designed in coordination with relevant ministries, the regulator

Television networks gradually show more commercials online as viewer habits changeLOS ANGELES (AP) ― One of the rewards of watching TV online is not having to sit through as many commercials. Now the networks are chipping away at that little luxury.CBS shows twice as many ads per show on its website as it did last year. The CW network shows four times as many. Dozens of shows from major cable netw

Three foreign artists will open an exhibition Saturday at Gwangju International Center’s GIC Gallery.Ian Aherne, Nadine Bouliane, and Meaghan Ford will talk about their work in the exhibition titled “Curious Encounters & The Things I Don’t Fully Understand,” which runs until July 25.The works on display include drawings, paintings, mixed media and photographs.The opening talk takes place from 3 p.

Best-selling Korean author Shin Kyung-sook’s novel “Please Look after Mom” has hit the shelves in France amid heightened attention to Korean literature overseas. To mark the official publication of the hit novel depicting the distinctive character of a Korean mother, a publication party was held on Tuesday at the Korean Culture Center in Paris.Reflecting the novel’s popularity in the U.S. and else