SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said Wednesday that it will start distributing high-performance biodegradable fishing nets that can be used to catch blue crab and yellow corvina from next month as part of an initiative to protect marine wildlife. The biodegradable fishing nets naturally decompose into water and [...]
DAEJEON, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have developed new technology that transforms plastic bags into high-quality industrial oil. A research team from the Korea Institute of Energy Research announced Sunday that they had developed a new technology that can produce more oil from plastic bags by maintaining a certain temperature for an [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — An eco-friendly egg tray made by Marine Innovation Co., a social venture supported by SK Innovation Co., a South Korean refinery-to-battery company, was recently honored at the 2021 WorldStar Global Packaging Awards. The WorldStar Global Packaging Awards are held annually by the World Packaging Organization (WPO) to promote the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Public phone booths, seen as an outdated legacy of the past following the introduction of mobile phones, are turning into workspaces and playgrounds. KT Linkus, a public phone arm of KT Corp., jointly with a local office-leasing company Ara WorkNAll, will upcycle public phone booths into one-person workplaces. Named [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Polar Research Institute introduced Tuesday a new technology that uses a unique reaction caused by ice to eradicate toxins and retrieve useful substances. The institute, along with Hallym University and the California Institute of Technology, discovered that a frozen solution of chrome and iodine suppresses chrome’s toxicity [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s multiplex chain CJ CGV has unveiled the industry’s first attempt to recycle old projection screens. The company announced on Thursday that it will unveil two types of little bags made of old screens. According to CGV, the number of theater screens that were discarded over the past [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have developed a transparent glass barrier that is almost invisible to the human eye, but stands out to birds, and which can be used as a transparent obstacle to prevent bird collisions. The National Institute of Ecology announced Tuesday the development of optical arrays designed to [...]
CHANGWON, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Gyeongsang Province said Monday that it will provide free mediation service for residents suffering from apartment noise. With a simple phone call, the mediation service will arbitrate in a dispute related to apartment noise within seven days to draw up a resolution, regardless of the type of noise [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Floor-to-floor apartment noise has been a long-standing social problem in South Korea, and it is worsening as more people are spending longer hours at home. The Korea Environment Corporation reported 895 cases of complaints related to apartment noise last year, up by approximately 80 percent since 2019 (507 cases). [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co. announced that it had made a set of exclusive name tags using a dismantled aircraft, a first in South Korea. The country’s top flag carrier recently sold through its mileage mall the name tags made in April. The name tags were made using the skin [...]