SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Employment Agency for Persons with Disabilities, a quasi-governmental agency under the Ministry of Employment and Labor, said Sunday it will collect big data for the next three months which will be used for the development of a pedestrian navigation service for the disabled. The project was launched [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean book publisher Minumsa Publishing Group said Wednesday it had published the fifth series of its “waterproof book” that enables reading while playing in the water. The company has published a waterproof book every summer since 2018. The books are made of eco-friendly waterproof mineral paper. Even when [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Anyone carrying a tumbler or a personal cup can get free water from local cafes and restaurants in Seoul without having to order food or drinks. The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Friday began the Oasis Seoul Project, which involves cafes and restaurants offering free water to prevent heatstroke among [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Hankook Tire & Technology Co., the world’s sixth-largest tiremaker by sales, said Wednesday it will make and sell more of the limited edition footwear produced by using recycled tires through a collaboration with domestic startup Treadngroove as the existing inventory had sold out. The two companies jointly produced a [...]
HONGSEONG, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Chungnam Fire Service Headquarters announced that it had succeeded in developing so-called ‘water pocket’ technology to quickly create a firefighting water tank needed to extinguish electric vehicle (EV) fires. Water pocket technology uses a double tightening method by installing thin steel wires in a double layer format for [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Thursday that it will introduce a new virtual reality (VR) program that allows seniors to revisit their happiest moments. The city held a demonstration of the program at a local welfare center, where seniors could revisit their lost hometowns, places they’ve visited with their [...]
PAJU, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Paju city government in Gyeonggi Province has launched a pilot project to monitor the safety of its elderly citizens by analyzing their TV watching patterns through TV rating equipment, as part of efforts to respond to dementia and solitary death issues. In collaboration with the Papyeong-myeon district office [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The time is coming when public transport fares will be paid automatically if you simply pass by card readers without having to tag your traffic card or smartphone on the readers. South Korean smart payment operator Tmoney Co. said Monday that it will launch a trial operation of the [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — LS Cable & System Ltd., South Korea’s leading wire and cable manufacturer, said Sunday it would carry out a wooden cable drum recycling project as part of its efforts to strengthen environmental, social and governance (ESG) management through resource circulation. Wooden drums are used in the process of storing [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology said Wednesday it has developed a new self-healing coating material that repairs car surface scratches through exposure to sunlight. The newly-developed coating material, hindered urea, is added to conventional commercial coating materials to convert their chemical properties and to make high molecular [...]