SEOUL, March 9 (Koreabiz Wire) – While the country awaits the Constitutional Court’s final verdict on the impeachment of President Park this Friday, some users on the South Korean web are raising somewhat bizarre yet interesting points as to how the numbers from one to ten symbolize every stage of the process of Park’s impeachment. The [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) – You might be able to change the look of your pelvis soon, thanks to South Korean surgeons who have come up with a pelvis cosmetic surgery procedure. Facelifts and breast implants are common plastic surgical procedures. Buttocks augmentation is no longer something out of the ordinary. However, how your pelvis [...]
SEJONG, SOUTH KOREA, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Sejong City is revamping its image as an eco-city with the introduction of a new hydrological system that will purify rainwater using soil and pebbles. The Ministry of Environment (MoE) and the National Agency for Administrative City Construction (NAACC) announced plans yesterday to adopt low-impact development (LID) in [...]
CHUNGCHEONG, SOUTH KOREA, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A 25-year-old man named Kim who was arrested last week on robbery charges in North Chungcheong Province told police that he intentionally committed a crime to go to jail after his business failed. Kim entered a local convenience store he frequents, located in Eumseong County, around 7 p.m. last [...]
GEYONGSANG, SOUTH KOREA, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The North Gyeongsang Provincial Government is helping its citizens install backup cameras in their vehicles in a bid to reduce truck accidents by improving rear visibility. When owners of trucks over 5t being used for business purposes purchase backup cameras, half of the expense incurred will now [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Children with parents who are avid gamers are more likely to be addicted to video games, a recent report conducted by the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) and the Korean Educational Development Institute (KEDI) revealed. The report conducted on the current state of video game addiction among adolescents found [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) – A new analysis from the South Korean government warns the country of dangers facing pensions and the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) in the coming years. Some worrying findings from the analysis paint a grim picture for health care users and pensioners in South Korea, as the national health [...]
CHANGWON, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The Changwon municipal government will launch a series of hydrogen car projects in a bid to promote the use of alternative fuel vehicles, starting with the opening of a hydrogen station tomorrow. Changwon is the latest city in South Korea to join the recent trend of encouraging the use of [...]
CHINA, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Chinese hackers have officially declared online war on South Korea and Lotte, one of its biggest conglomerates, in what appears to be retaliation against the deployment of the controversial THAAD missile-defense system. An unidentified masked man appeared in a video uploaded on Yuku, the Chinese equivalent of Youtube, where [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) – More than half of the stray dogs and cats caught on the Jeju Island end up being put down, while a mere 9.3 percent of animals in shelters go back to their owners. Last year alone, around 3,000 abandoned animals (2,704 dogs and 323 cats) entered animal shelters on [...]