SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Environment’s resource recycling program, which began in 2014 to pressure industrial operations that dispose of large amounts of waste, has proven more effective than expected. According to data released by the Ministry of Environment Tuesday, many of the companies that are on board with the trial resource [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) is set to hold a number of festivals in an all-out effort to boost the country’s tourism industry, which has been hit hard by Beijing’s economic retaliation over South Korea’s deployment of a politically-charged THAAD missile defense system. At a press conference held on Tuesday, [...]
JEJU, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Jeju Wildlife Rescue Center released an endangered fairy pitta bird back into the wild on Tuesday after it was rescued earlier this month following an injury. Fairy pittas are known to prefer dark places, and according to the Jeju Wildlife Rescue Center, the bird was injured when it crashed [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of South Korean youth organizations has issued a petition for voting reforms at the National Assembly, calling for the candidacy age requirements to be lowered. Known as ‘Political Reform Youth Action’, seven groups including the university division of YMCA and Min Snail Union gathered at the National Assembly [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The local unit of U.S.-based multinational conglomerate 3M said Tuesday it will invest in the health and safety business as it attempts to find a new growth engine in the South Korean market. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of its foundation here, 3M Korea said it will seek new business [...]
NEW YORK, Sept. 19 (Yonhap) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in is set for a series of bilateral talks with other global leaders in New York on Tuesday, following his participation in the opening of the U.N. General Assembly. The new South Korean leader will begin the second day of his four-day visit here with [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will establish a centralized “control tower” to manage its renewable energy policies and prepare backup facilities for solar and wind power plants for stable power supply, a government panel said Tuesday. The government plans to increase the ratio of renewable energy from the current 1.9 percent to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A new study has revealed that even donated breast milk is healthier than formula for infants. Findings from a study conducted by professor Jung Seong-hoon and his team at Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong revealed that donated breast milk proved to be a much better a choice than [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – An increasing number of science magazines are being launched in the South Korean publishing industry targeting adult readers, with many experts hopeful that the trend could lead to the expansion of the science literature industry. Among the publishers jumping on the bandwagon of science magazines is EumPublishing, which is [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government is set to introduce new road safety measures which will see even smaller buses being equipped with a lane departure warning system.Under the new plans from the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs (MOLIT) for road safety law reforms, buses that are only 9 [...]