SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has been providing Syria with materials that can be used to manufacture chemical weapons, according to multiple news reports Wednesday based on a U.N. probe. The supplies include acid-resistant tiles, valves and thermometers, the New York Times said. It cited an unreleased document compiled by the U.N. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – On February 27 at performing arts venue Blue Square in Seoul, a launch event by A.I.M., a company calling itself “the world’s first music label uniting artificial intelligence and human artistic sensibility”, showcased AI-based music composition tools that can produce a song in less than a minute. Dancer Poppin’ [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s statistics authority announced on February 27 its figures on public sector employment in 2016, which revealed average job longevity to be over three times longer for public employees than for all salaried workers. Jobs at state-operated entities and government institutions combined, work positions in the public sector [...]
BUSAN, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Emergency response teams in Busan are implementing the use of drones in training exercises. On February 27, over 80 police, emergency response and local government personnel were at Busan’s Songdo Beach to partake in a training exercise. The scenario was Songdo Beach’s cable cars had come to a halt [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – After touching the hearts of South Koreans with their “Arirang” performance at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics, figure skating pair Yura Min and Alexander Gamelin expressed their gratitude for the outpouring of support they have received since. With Min explaining that her parents were worried she would get lazy [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul’s education chief Cho Hee-yeon announced on Tuesday that a component on respect for life and cherishing animals will be part of the elementary school curriculum starting this upcoming semester and said the move was the first of its kind among the nation’s education bureaus. Cho said, “Learning about [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – That the Paralympics are scheduled to kick off on March 9 hasn’t stopped Gangwon Province from turning its attention to the issue of Olympics facility maintenance only days after the conclusion of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics. On February 27, the Gangwon provincial legislature urged the central government to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The leadership of major law firm Daeryook & AJU (DR&AJU) and AI specialist firm Intellicon Meta Lab agreed on February 27 to a deal for artificial intelligence powered technology that will provide assistance to lawyers. DR&AJU is a top ten-ranked South Korean law firm, while Intellicon Meta Lab is [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The construction of roundabouts in locations without traffic lights has led to a significant drop in the number of accidents and casualties. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the Korea Transport Institute reviewed the before and after data on 88 locations where roundabouts were installed in 2015 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of people who benefited from pregnancy credits offered by the state pension service surged more than twentyfold over the past six years, data showed Tuesday. According to the data by the National Pension Service, a total of 888 people benefited from having more than two children in [...]