SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of South Korean scientists has developed a remote ultrasound diagnostic system that could allow doctors to diagnose patients from far away, a local institute said Monday. The team, led by Seo Joon-ho of the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, developed RADIUS, which allows a doctor to monitor ultrasonic images of various organs, such as the liver or [...]
GENEVA, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean composer Choi Jae-hyuck won this year’s Composition Prize of the Geneva International Music Competition, the organizer said Sunday, local time. The 22-year-old musician brought home the honor with Nocturne III for clarinet and orchestra at the 72nd competition held in the Swiss city. Studying at The Juilliard School, Choi is considered to have a remarkable ability to express [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Efforts to revise an anti-graft law hit a snag on Monday before they even got off the ground. The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission voted down a revision bill on the so-called “Kim Young-ran Law.” Named after its architect who once served as a Supreme Court justice and anti-corruption agency chief, the lawbans public servants, [...]
MUNGYEONG, South Korea, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Traditional Korean paper known as “hanji” from the South Korean city of Mungyeong was introducedat an academic conference of some 60 European paper specialists at the Louvre Museum in Paris last week, a city official said Monday. During the meeting on Wednesday, Korean hanji master Kim Choon-ho gave a rundown of the hanji-making process, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – President Moon Jae-in showed off his tickets for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics online on Sunday, lending help to boost ticket sales. Moon appeared on the official website of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, where he has announced some of the lucky ticket holders who upload pictures on the internet might [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Shinsegae Shopping has announced it will display two items together via a split screen to present more choice to customers. The bold move by the television-based South Korean e-commerce channel service will begin on Monday on olleh tv, where a small screen showcasing another product will appear next to the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung SDS announced on Sunday it has won a contract for the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s new information strategy planning project, which could see blockchain technology adopted throughout the local government’s network. Through the new project, the Seoul government will develop a new blockchain model which could be adopted in various [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Annual sales figures for Mercedes-Benz cars in South Korea have surpassed the 60,000 units mark, the first time a foreign car manufacturer has reached such lofty heights. This year has been another rosy year for Mercedes-Benz Korea with the 2017 E- Class series alone having sold 30,000 units, another sales [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoulites in their 40s walk less than any other age group, data from Seoul’s walking app has showed. According to data gathered from the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s walking app ‘Walk On’, people in their 20s spend the most time walking with a daily average of 9,421 steps. Seniors followed closely, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s terms of trade deteriorated slightly in October from a year earlier, as a rise in export prices was offset by a hike in import costs, central bank data showed Friday. The terms of trade index for products came to 101.74 in October, down 1.5 percent from a [...]