SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A sampling device to detect the movement of pests coming from China and elsewhere has been developed by a state-run agency. The Rural Development Administration said on August 24 that it has succeeded in developing the “Smart Air Sampling Device” that can collect pests and indicate the numbers in real time. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy said on August 22 that it would hold a workshop on standardization of ICT-based smart plug, smart appliance interoperability for the first program year (December 2013 – September 2014). A “smart plug” can provide information about electricity consumption patterns, standby power blocking, and remote control [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Information Society Agency held a ceremony for the first batch of graduates for the Internet addiction counseling program. The successful graduate from the program who has completed the program and passed the test will be given a certificate to practice as a counselor. The graduates will be hired in Internet [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A third “Lotte School” has been open in Vietnam. Lotte Department Store, jointly with international charity organization Plan Korea, said on August 22 that it held a groundbreaking ceremony to build a school in a mountain village in Thai Nguyen Province in the northeast. With the total population of 1.2 million, the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Energy said on August 23 that it participated in the “11th Energy Day” event held at the Cheonggye Stream Plaza in Seoul’s downtown on the 22nd. To celebrate the event, the company handed out free gifts to the children who visited the event venue including bathroom tumblers, dolls, and stickers with the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea Exchange Bank said on August 22 that it made the 100th payment of the departure guarantee insurance to a foreign worker on the 21st at its Incheon International Airport office and it would continue paying the insurance money as scheduled. The recipient of the 100th insurance money was a 30-year-old Mongolian man. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – An appeals court judges ruled on August 21 that the causality between the death from leukemia of two former employees in the chip-making plant of Samsung Electronics and the improper safety measures taken by the company may be acknowledged, upholding a lower court’s decision three years ago. The Protector of Health [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom has launched a new service “T Persona Premium” in partnership with the world’s leader in mobile software management area, Red Bend Software. T Persona Premium, an upgrade version of the T Persona Standard launched in October last year, allows customers to use their mobile phone in two distinct modes, business [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A technology to weave photovoltaic cells like the fabric has been developed by a research team in Korea. The Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute under the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said on August 21 that its research team led by Cha Seung-il and Lee Dong-yoon at the Nano Fusion Technology Research [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Chem will supply electric car battery packs to Germany’s Audi, a Volkswagen Group company. As the Korean battery maker secures more than a half of the world’s top-ten auto manufacturers as clients, it is in an enviable position to take the leadership in the fast-emerging eco-friendly car battery market. The LG [...]