SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The growing number of feral dogs in South Korea is sparking a national debate on how they should be dealt with, with one municipal government going so far as to call for violent stray dogs to be labeled as harmful wild animals and exterminated, putting itself on a collision course [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Jin Air Co., the budget carrier unit of Korean Air Lines Co., said Monday the number of passengers it served has exceeded 30 million nearly nine years after it started operating. Jin Air, launched in July 2008, became the second low-cost carrier (LCC) to reach the milestone after Jeju [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp. said Monday they will continue to help their contractors hire talented employees to ensure mutual growth. In the past five years, Hyundai and Kia have arranged job fairs to help their subcontractors hire a total of 80,000 workers, an average of 16,000 [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul is ramping up its efforts to tackle fine dust, with the latest target being diesel vehicles with high emissions levels. At an open forum on fine dust measures held last Saturday at Seoul Plaza, Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon made a surprise announcement about possible measures to tackle the problem [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – An increasing number of arts and culture establishments in South Korea are opting to stay open late in an effort to attract a new target audience composed of salaried workers. Apart from late-night movies, most South Korean salaried workers previously weren’t able to enjoy arts or culture during the week, [...]
SEJONG, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – New home permits in South Korea plunged nearly 30 percent in April from a year earlier, the government said Monday, amid its move to limit housing sales as a way of curing household debt and rising interest rates. Construction permits issued for new homes came to 43,568 last month, [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – A research team led by professor of creative design engineering Park Yeong-woo at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has developed a smart table clock that receives information from computers or smartphones and then informs users of their schedule. The UNIST team received a thesis award at [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement (KAIA) has been selected to develop a traffic management system for low-altitude drones, as growing demand for unmanned aerial vehicles in South Korea calls for appropriate measures to secure safety. The organization that operates under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport will [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales of milk bounced back last year after a four-year decline amid growing popularity of ‘latte’ coffee beverages in South Korea. According to a number of sources including Statistics Korea and the dairy industry, the annual consumption of milk in South Korea last year was estimated at 138,400 tons The [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – A local company will sign a contract to export 300 billion won (US$268 million) worth of bee venom mask packs to China this week, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said Sunday. The signing ceremony will be held at the Convention and Exhibition Center (COEX) in southeastern Seoul on Monday between Beesen Co. and China’s DIA Group, the ministry said, adding Beesen has developed the technology [...]