SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A new phenomenon in South Korea is attracting much attention as YouTubers who broadcast live on the Internet often discover crime scenes or help arrest suspects. Some even say that YouTubers act as quasi-police officers or private detectives when law enforcement agencies are not on the ball. YouTuber ‘KKongji’ [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s largest logistics company will team up with the police to foster neighborhood safety. CJ Logistics Corp. announced on Tuesday that it has joined hands with the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) to educate 100 delivery personnel on traffic safety, crime prevention, and finding missing persons. Traffic specialists [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Justice said Monday it will implement a program called “Mom’s Voice” from next month that allows female inmates to record themselves reading fairytales to their children. To promote the emotional stability of the inmates’ children, government officials explained, the ministry decided to run a program to [...]
JEONJU, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeonju residents will have a unique opportunity to participate in a program to modify the public bus routes in the city. The Jeonju Council for Sustainable Development announced that registration is now open to recruit ‘Civil Bus Route Designers’ until August 16 to create more convenient bus routes in [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government is giving parking priority to cars that cause less environmental pollution. The city said Tuesday that it will implement a system that gives extra points to vehicles with a grade 1 emissions score, and reduces points for vehicles with grade 5 emissions. The points will [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will build the world’s largest floating solar farm in a fresh water lake next to Saemangeum, a reclaimed area on the west coast, the government said Thursday. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said the project to build a 2.1 gigawatt (GW) solar farm on the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on Wednesday that it has installed crime prevention design zones in 60 locations across the city. Crime prevention design, first developed in 2012, includes renovating alleys and installing emergency bells, CCTV cameras, and other safety devices. Geumho 4-ga-dong in Seongdong District, an area with [...]
DAEJEON, Jul. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gyeongui Jungang Line’s ‘Reading Train’ has recently gone through renovations and now comes with two library cars along with a new interior design. An augmented reality (AR) technology has been applied to designs on the floor to make them look alive and real. Based on the theme of [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — It may seem to be a contrarian ploy for a gas station to provide an electric vehicle (EV) charging service, but local refiners have been quick in adding such services in an attempt to capitalize on the fast-growing battery-powered car segment. Three of four major South Korean refiners are [...]
GOKSEONG, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Gokseong County, a region in South Jeolla Province where temperatures are particularly frigid in the winter, is mesmerizing the public by growing apple mangoes, a subtropical fruit. To grow them, the temperature needs to be maintained at more than 10 degrees Celsius at all times, which makes apple mangoes [...]