SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s megacity will try to turn the roads into air purifiers by developing a coating of photocatalytic substances that would absorb and cleanse hazardous exhaust emitted by vehicles. Photocatalysis describes the process of absorption of light and the breaking down of various chemical substances that are harmful to [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s IT firm SK Broadband Inc. said Monday it has joined forces with popular chain Domino’s Pizza to allow users to track locations of orders using Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology. SK Broadband said the delivery drivers of Domino’s will be given a device that connects to the ordering systems [...]
GWANGJU, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Tomorrow, the southwestern Gwangju Metropolitan Area will launch its 13th reading marathon. Open to all participants, the “finish line” has been marked as November 6. The seven-month marathon will be divided into seven segments in order of increased difficulty: the turtle (3km), the crocodile (5km), the rabbit (10km), the [...]
GIMHAE, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — In a neighborhood in the southeastern city of Gimhae, the local community welfare center has begun collecting anonymously written submissions as a means of discovering households in need of assistance. As part of an initiative that kicked off earlier this year, the notes, letters and cards are deposited in [...]
SUWON, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s most populous province has said it will continue its policy of distributing fine dust masks for free on buses when fine dust levels are high, after the air pollution emergency measure was rated favorably by 8 out of 10 bus riders. For a two-day period starting on [...]
GURI, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Guri has developed a machine that transforms cigarette butts into compost and is now trialing the technology on government office grounds. Placed inside a smoking booth, the machine is the first of its kind to be implemented in South Korea. Through a process of disintegration and [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The organizers of the PyeongChang Olympics were able to economize nearly 500 million won thanks to mobile meal vouchers. Up to 500,000 meals worth 3.5 billion won were purchased via the digital meal vouchers during the 60 days around the Winter Games, Vendys, the startup company behind the money-saving idea, [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The KBO’s KT Wiz has come to an agreement with parent company KT to install a “Giga IoT Air Map” platform that would lower fine dust concentrations by injecting water into the air. The Air Map will be integrated into the operations of Suwon’s KT Wiz Park for the [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retail giant Lotte said Monday it will use artificial intelligence (AI) platform to review cover letters to find best candidates for its job positions as part of its efforts to boost accuracy and fairness in the hiring process. The system will be partly adopted for the recruitment [...]
SEJONG, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — To reduce accidents stemming from nodding off at the wheel, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced it would help foot the bill for long-distance bus operators to install AEBS (Advanced Emergency Braking System) technology. The promise of subsidies, a follow-up measure to the ministry’s plan for curbing [...]