SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Police have accused film distributors of manipulating ticket sales and obstructing official duties, while the movie industry is deeming the allegations excessive. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency on Wednesday announced the result after investigating three major movie theater chains CGV, Lotte Cinema and Megabox, 98 film distributors and 462 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Smaller cities are undergoing more intense heatwaves compared to their larger counterparts due to inadequate infrastructure to mitigate rising temperatures, the weather agency said Wednesday. According to a study by the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), a total of 16 cities underwent temperature escalation over a 10-year span from 1973 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s educational TV channel EBS aims to enhance awareness of people with disabilities by introducing a new character with autism spectrum disorder in an educational puppet show. The broadcaster announced on Wednesday that Byeori, a character with autism spectrum disorder, will make her debut on the Friday episode [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United Arab Emirates were staging combined high-tech military drills, Seoul’s Army said Wednesday. The exercise is under way at the Korea Combat Training Center (KCTC), a facility employing cutting-edge technologies for realistic ground drills, in the northeastern county of Inje. The drills mobilized some 2,500 troops to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Students at the elementary to high school levels will be removed from their classrooms or have their mobile phones confiscated if they are disruptive during class, the education ministry said Thursday. The new class policy will go into effect in the upcoming second semester under a new set of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s finance ministry unveiled a set of measures Thursday to pave the way for the growth of the country’s artificial intelligence chip and urban air mobility (UAM) industries in line with efforts to foster new growth engines. Under the plan, the country will speed up the establishment of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday it will showcase the LG Smart Cottage housing solution at IFA 2023, slated to take place in Berlin, Germany in early September. The Smart Cottage is a compact modular housing unit that seamlessly integrates LG’s energy and HVAC technology with high-end home appliances. A [...]
IKSAN, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — After the challenging operation of the 2023 World Scout Jamboree, local communities collaborated to tackle the sudden, large-scale meal preparation for the Scout members. According to Kim Heung-ju, a professor at Wonkwang University, over 2,000 Scouts arrived at the university’s dormitory in Iksan, North Jeolla Province, on Aug. 8, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has confirmed the phenomenon of slowed growth in seaweed colonies in seas that were once covered by ice. The Korea Polar Research Institute and Sungkyunkwan University conducted a joint research effort, investigating the seaweed ecosystem in Marian Cove near the King Sejong Station in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A range of new plant-based bread products from Shinsegae Food Inc., a food business arm of retail giant Shinsegae Group, are receiving a positive market response. According to the company, the Better Meat Pizza Bread, which was launched at bakery sections within E-Mart Inc. outlets last month, is averaging sales of [...]