ANSAN, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s oldest independent circus is teaming up with AI-integrated robot arms to put on an experimental show. The Seoul Institute of the Arts announced February 19 that a performance titled “Club Oneness” will be staged at its Ansan Campus on February 22 and 23. Including two robot arms, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government is mulling over compulsory military service for naturalized citizens. According to the immigration reforms announced by Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon at a meeting on Monday, men with naturalized Korean citizenship will be required to serve in the military just like South Korean-born citizens. During the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The Supreme Court of Korea’s mock sentencing program has proved a great success, attracting interest from thousands of people. The online educational program, which was designed to inform the public about the criminal sentencing process, has been accessed by over 35,000 people since it was released last month, according to [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The day elementary school classrooms sitting empty and unused are once again teeming with children may not be too far off, with the Ministry of Education confirming on February 1 that a framework detailing the push to repurpose empty school rooms into preschools and childcare centers passed review in [...]
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 [...]