SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A wood museum in Incheon, west of Seoul, has been chosen for an architectural prize of a world authority, according to the awards’ website on Thursday. The World Architecture Community (WAC) announced “Mokyeonri: Kinetic Wood Museum” located in Incheon Grand Park in the port city as one of the [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s main bourse closed at an all-time record high Thursday, with local analysts forecasting the market to maintain its current growth momentum moving forward on the strength of technology shares. The assessment comes as the country’s benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) soared 17.72 points, or 0.74 [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of local governments in South Korea have experienced success after adopting thief detection powder in high-crime neighborhoods to fend off burglars. According to the Seongnam government in Gyeonggi Province, using thief detection methods on gas pipes and windows saw the crime rates in high risk areas in the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of the successful international startups would have failed in South Korea due to the country’s onerous regulations that many industry experts have said hinder new business opportunities, a new report claims. During ‘Startup Korea!’, a policy conference held by the Asan Nanum Foundation and Google’s Campus [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Following a case of vehicle entrapment last year which saw a four-year-old trapped in a school bus in the sweltering heat for eight hours, a number of South Korean lawmakers have proposed an amendment to the country’s Automobile Management Act. Yu Dong-soo, a member of the Democratic Party of South [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A new medical study has warned that a lack of attention and support from an individual’s family and friends can increase the likelihood of depression for cancer patients. The study, conducted by a research team led by professors Shin Dong-wok and Park Jong-hyun from Samsung Hospital and Chungbuk National [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The government’s move to ban identification photos on all public sector resumes is facing angry backlash from local photo studio owners worried about a dive in sales. Members of an association of private photo studio owners held a rally Thursday in front of the office of President Moon Jae-in’s power [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Unionized workers at Hyundai Motor Co. will vote on whether to stage a walkout as they press for more wages and benefits, the company and its union said Thursday. The two-day vote comes as the country’s largest carmaker by sales struggles with slowing sales in major markets such as [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Data published from Twitter earlier this week suggests some users have sent tweets about South Korean boy band EXO from North Korea, a country where enjoying South Korean pop culture could land you in jail. Over 11 million tweets were made about the popular South Korean boy band around [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A new update to Seoul Metro’s official subway safety app comes with a new feature which informs users through push notifications whether elevators and escalators in stations they are traveling through are in operation. Seoul Metro said on Wednesday that with the latest version of its official mobile app, [...]