SEOUL, South Korea, Oct 09 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s non-profit organization WorldShare has joined hands with Samsung Heavy Industries to build a library and a community well in the suburban town of Matola, near the Mozambican capital Maputo. According to the charity on October 8, it signed an agreement with the city officials and [...]
DAEGU, South Korea, Oct 02 (Korea Bizwire) – The Daegu Metropolitan City Government, jointly with EM Korea, held on October 2 a completion ceremony for the nation’s largest hydrogen charging station within the city. The ceremony was attended by Daegu City deputy mayor for economic affairs Kim Yeon-chang, Daegu City Council president Lee Jae-sool, and other industry leaders. [...]
DAEJEON, South Korea, Sept 25 (Korea Bizwire) – As more and more people realize the importance of public interest design that places emphasis on traditional esthetic value and the preservation of the environment, local governments have increasingly applied for patents for their own unique streetlamp designs. Lately the city of Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, succeeded in [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sep 09 (Korea Bizwire) – Energizer Korea said on September 8 that it held the previous day a tree-planting event at Haneul “Sky” Park near the Seoul World Cup Stadium in west Seoul. As part of a wider campaign “That’s Positive Energy” to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and green the environment, the company [...]
SEJONG, South Korea, Aug 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport unveiled a modern-styled ‘Model Hanok’ at 2 pm on Friday, August 23. The new hanok, or Korean traditional house, is cost-efficient at only about 60 percent of conventional construction costs and more comfortable than the traditional hanok. While interest in traditional [...]
DAEJEON, South Korea, Aug 22 (Korea Bizwire) – As more and more Koreans go outdoors, the demand for better camping gear is increasing as well. In particular, people are looking for ways to be able to use electronic goods in places such as beaches and mountains. Now it seems portable solar power chargers will allow campers to [...]
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, August 07, 2013 (Korea Bizwire) – Asian biomass markets are witnessing profound shifts in trade and feedstocks sourcing with South Korea and Japan setting the pace for China, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia. The Korean RPS (Renewable Portfolio Standard) and the Japanese feed-in tariffs (FiTs) for biomass have been important enablers of biomass trade [...]
SEOUL, Korea, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) – For the past five years since the 2008 global financial crisis, as many as a half of the top-100 construction companies have been undergoing restructuring. But lately even top-20 contractors are in danger of financial difficulties. According to construction industry sources on July 30, a total of 45 [...]
“Accidents that occur in aviation are not due only to a single cause, but from many causes. The list of causes often includes defects in aircraft, airline policies, pilot duty hours, working environment, issues which hinder the safety in the aerodrome area, weather conditions, ATC situations, and pilot error.” SEOUL, South Korea, July 21, 2013 (Korea Bizwire) – The Asiana [...]