SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea’s first artificial sea waterway, which runs through Central Park in Songdo, Incheon passed a government water quality inspection, according to results published by the Incheon Institute of Health and Environment on March 14. Chlorophyll-a (CHLA) concentration, which is commonly used to measure water quality, was recorded at 4.9㎎/㎥, [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean researchers have developed a new optical microscope that facilitates observation of cell nucleus-level changes in human deep-tissue. A research team led by Professor Choi Won-shik at Korea University’s Physics Department said on March 15 that they have found a way to distinguish waves from optical targets when they are [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean teenagers are increasingly starting to use make-up earlier, according to a M.A. paper written by Jeon Hye-jeong at Sookmyung Women’s University. Jeon conducted a survey of 511 middle and high school girls last year, and 61.4 percent of the respondents said that they used make-up, including products such [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A new trend in K-pop is rising, as more and more Korean musicians are choosing to hold street showcases for their soon-to-be released songs. Min-ah from Girl’s Day unveiled her first solo album by performing at the center of Myeongdong on March 16, while JJCC, a boy group made by Jackie Chan, [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent lottery result in Korea has become a much talked-about subject among Korean Lotto lovers, as the outcome represented a relatively rare phenomenon. The six pairs of numbers for the jackpot of Nanum Lotto’s 640th winning results, 14-15-18-21-26-35, were exactly same as the lottery’s 64th results, except for [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A search dog and his handler are being recognized for excellent teamwork, which helped them find four survivors and recover three bodies last year. They were responsible for more than one quarter of the overall number of lost casualties found by the 22 search dogs and their handlers assigned [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean dessert cafe franchise Sulbing said Monday it plans to open 50 branches in Thailand by next year in its latest efforts to expand abroad to secure new growth engines. Sulbing has signed a deal with International World Ettia Thai to open two branches in Thailand’s capital of [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and Japan were to hold talks on Tokyo’s sexual enslavement of Korean women during World War II on Monday as the two historical rivals make efforts to improve their strained ties in a landmark year, Seoul’s foreign ministry said. Lee Sang-deok, Seoul’s chief delegate to the talks, plans [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales of Hyundai Motor‘s Tucson compact SUV are expected to surpass 4 million units later this month, 11 years after it first hit the road, industry data showed Sunday. According to the data, the South Korean auto company had sold slightly over a cumulative 3.95 million units of the Tucson [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The poverty rate of South Korea’s elderly was by far the highest among advanced countries, while the net pension replacement rate for the population was one of the lowest, a report showed Sunday. According to the report from the government-funded Korea Labor Institute, South Korea’s poverty rate among elderly [...]