SEOUL, Jul. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Sanitary products company Yuhan-Kimberly announced on Wednesday it has decided to donate diapers to premature babies that weigh less than 2.2 kilograms. As part of a new initiative beginning in August to raise awareness of and support premature babies, Yuhan-Kimberly will supply the company’s ‘Nature Made Premature’ diapers in size small [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The new ministry in charge of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) officially started work Wednesday amid expectations it will support smaller companies and create new jobs. Earlier this month, the parliament passed a bill to elevate the Small and Medium Business Administration (SMBA) to a ministry for SMEs, venture [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of Robot Taekwon V action figures surpassed expectations only hours after a major retail chain in the country began taking pre-orders for the collectibles of South Korea’s beloved character. According to Lotte Mart, which runs Toys“R”Us where the action figures of the popular robot character are being sold, over [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Gangnam District Office in Seoul has announced plans to build visually impaired friendly streets in the neighborhood using IoT technology. Stretching over a distance of 1,470 meters, the newly proposed streets in the district will be equipped with an audio guidance system, in a move to create a so-called [...]
DAEGU, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — According to the Daegu municipal government on Tuesday, the city’s Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID)-based smart waste management system is now available to over 190,000 households. Since RFID tags for trash cans were first launched in the city in 2011, the local government claims a reduction of over 30 percent in [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Corp’s money transfer service KakaoPay is growing rapidly, with over 80 billion won transferred through the service in July alone. KakaoPay is a service that allows users of the KakaoTalk messenger to transfer money to each other via messages in the form of Kakao money, the platform’s own [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The complex nature of platonic friendships between men and women are proving to make good television, as an increasing number of South Korean TV networks are airing shows that are based on this concept. The fine line between a friendship and a relationship between men and women is no stranger [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — High-definition televisions have been found to have a negative impact on tear film, raising the risk of dry eye syndrome, according to a study conducted by South Korean researchers. A research team led by professor of ophthalmology Hwang Jung-min at Seoul National University Hospital said on Wednesday that it had [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea on Wednesday extended its travel alert for two cities in Mindanao, the Philippines, citing safety concerns from ongoing conflicts between the Philippine government and the Islamic State-inspired group. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs here said the travel warnings imposed in May on Davao City and Cagayan de [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A collaboration between S.M. Entertainment and Hyundai Motor will see artists from one of the biggest South Korean entertainment companies hit the airwaves in a special mobile studio based on Hyundai’s Solati van. The project dubbed ‘Solati Moving Studio’ was revealed on Tuesday to some surprise, as the unexpected partnership [...]