SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Samsung Lions will make use of a TrackMan radar system for the first time in the history of the KBO League, which could give the team a strategic advantage. The South Korean baseball team representing the southeastern city of Daegu is set to adopt a TrackMan Baseball radar [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A new café where robots serve drinks has opened in Seoul. South Korean Coffeehouse chain Dal.komm Coffee held a launch event for the new robot café ‘b;eat’ on Tuesday at Some Sevit Floating Island in Seocho District, Seoul, celebrating the first robot café which opened at Incheon Airport’s new Terminal [...]
BUSAN, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Plans for a retirement commune in Busan have been unveiled amid reports a growing number of seniors are suffering from loneliness. The Busan Metropolitan Government announced on Sunday it is spending 100 million won on a community project to tackle poverty and loneliness for single seniors. Busan’s new project draws [...]
SUWON, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The Gyeonggi provincial government will introduce state-controlled commercial properties this year as part of efforts to tackle gentrification. The province is trialing a policy providing 20 rent-controlled commercial spaces over 25 square meters in size between Gojan Station and Jungang Station in March, prioritizing young business owners. Public-owned commercial properties [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Contact lenses that light up or turn off depending on the wearer’s blood glucose levels — high blood glucose levels can be an indicator of diabetes — have been developed by a joint research team from the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) and Sungkyunkwan University. Named [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Expressway Corporation will collaborate with other traffic organizations to expand road fire accident prevention systems at tunnels across the country. The corporation, which runs South Korean toll roads, announced on Monday it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Korea Tracking Association and the National Charter [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A civic Internet watchdog consisting of housewives and office workers helped take down tens of thousands of online prostitution ads last year. Nearly 50,000 online ads promoting prostitution were taken off the internet thanks to efforts made by Seoul’s Internet Civic Watchdog, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said on Sunday. Of [...]
SUWON, Jan. 22 (Korea Biziwire) — The city of Suwon will kickstart a social media campaign with meal and beverage vouchers offered as prizes in a bid to gather data on the troublesome flocks of rooks that descend on the city during winter. On January 22, Suwon announced that residents of Osan, Yongin and Hwaseong [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — An underground tunnel connecting South Korea and China appears to be a possibility limited only by time and money. A research report detailing the nuts and bolts of how such a project would work was commissioned by a dozen cities and counties located throughout the eastern and western provinces [...]
BUSAN, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Dark and intimidating alleyways have become warm and brightly lit walking paths as Busan continues to make efforts to reduce crime. The Busan Metropolitan Police Agency announced on January 16 that it had undertaken “crime prevention through environmental design” (CPTED) in two alleys located in Bugok 2-dong, Geumgjong District [...]