SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s foreign ministry reaffirmed Tuesday that it will not use a unification flag showing its eastern islets of Dokdo during the upcoming Winter Olympics, out of respect for the International Olympic Committee’s recommendation to not politicize sports events. This comes after Japan expressed concerns over the hoisting of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – One of South Korea’s aerobatic airplanes participating in an international air show in Singapore skidded off a runway Tuesday, but the aircraft’s pilot was safe and without major injuries, the South Korean Air Force said. The runway overrun by an airplane belonging to the Air Force’s Black Eagles air [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea Aerospace Industries Co. (KAI), South Korea’s sole aircraft manufacturer, will promote its products at this year’s Singapore Airshow for possible deals with foreign customers, the company said Tuesday. At the 2018 Singapore Airshow, which runs through Sunday, KAI showcased the KT-1 basic and the T-50 advanced trainers. It [...]
JAKARTA, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of people have fallen severely ill after drinking a drug-infused instant coffee mix in the state of Penang, Malaysia, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country. At least seven people including two Nepalese janitors were left suffering from drug poisoning after taking pre-mix durian [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will launch its first lunar module in 2030, with plans to fund private space projects from 2026. The government will first launch a 550 kilogram lunar orbiter in collaboration with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) by 2020 as planned, and send a follow-up lunar module [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Major South Korean telecom providers are resorting to upselling tactics to improve sales after the government implemented a compulsory monthly plan discount policy. The three major mobile providers in South Korea, namely SKT, KT, and LG Uplus, are set to focus on upselling customers this year, as the latest [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A new report has revealed that well-off parents in South Korea typically spend between 600 and 700 million won ($642,700) for their children’s marriage, with nearly half of their children already having inherited property. Account holders with over 1 billion won in assets spent an average of 570 million won [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety will ban the use of controversial chemical additives called phthalates in blood transfusion supplies and medical implants from later this year. The drug safety ministry announced on Sunday plans to extend the ban on phthalates currently limited to IV injection kits to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung debuted an LED theater display for Chinese moviegoers in Shanghai on Sunday. Samsung’s first LED cinema screen in partnership with the world’s largest theater operator, Wanda Group, premiered at Wanda’s Wujiaochang theater over the weekend, following in the footsteps of Seoul, Busan, Bangkok, and Zurich. The High Dynamic Range [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Circadian rhythms, widely known as body clocks, are heavily affected by visceral fat levels as opposed to belly fat, researchers have found. Contrary to popular belief, visceral fat, not belly fat, has the biggest impact on circadian rhythms, the 24-hour cycle in the biological processes of living things, according to [...]