SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Unionized pilots at South Korea’s largest flag carrier Korean Air Lines Co. continued their 10-day strike on Friday aimed at demanding better pay and improved working conditions. Some 190 pilots out of the total 2,300 at Korean Air took part in the second day of the strike scheduled to [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government said Friday that it will make full efforts to control rising living costs largely driven by the worst outbreak of avian influenza here and a gain in oil prices. At an emergency economic response team meeting chaired by Vice Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok in Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Robot-assisted surgery is becoming increasingly more common on the back of technological developments but is still more expensive than conventional surgery, doctors said Friday. The robots allow doctors to conduct detailed operations with minimal incisions, leading to less complications and pain, as well as quicker recovery times, surgical doctors [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Poor after-sales services largely caused by too few repair centers are causing serious inconveniences for over one million owners of imported vehicles here, a consumer agency said Friday. As of the end of November 2015, the number of foreign vehicles registered here came to 1.26 million, according to the [...]
DAEJEON, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A team of Korean scientists led by KAIST professor Bae Hag-youl announced Thursday that it has developed a water-disposable, non-volatile resistive random access memory (RRAM) chip using a water soluble SSG (solid sodium with glycerine) paper. In a nutshell, the device dissolves in a matter of seconds once it [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Efforts to use product placement to advertise tourism in Seoul on Chinese and Taiwanese television programs are paying off. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, ten Chinese (and Taiwanese) TV programs that featured different sites around the capital in accordance with agreements made with local broadcasters have attracted some [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Starting Friday, cigarette packets sold in South Korea will carry graphic images showing the harmful effects of smoking, in accordance with a law passed earlier this year. A total of 10 graphic health warnings are to be placed on the upper part of the packet, covering 30 percent of [...]
BUSAN, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea rolled out a new, more challenging, driving test on Thursday, and it has already been met with sighs and groans from test takers. “A”, whose identity was withheld, visited a driving test facility in Busan early Thursday to renew his license after 10 years of driving. To his [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon emerged as the most-favored presidential hopeful after he hinted at his willingness to run in next year’s election this week, a poll showed Thursday. According to the survey conducted by pollster Real Meter, Ban’s approval rating increased 2.6 percentage points to 23.1 percent this week. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The state-run Korean language proficiency test for foreign students and expatriates is set to be administered in over 70 countries worldwide next year, Seoul’s education ministry said Thursday. According to the National Institute for International Education, the test’s administrator, the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) will be hosted [...]