SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Self-driving shuttles are now shuffling students across campus at the Korea National University of Transportation. According to the KNUT, the self-driving shuttle service began on Wednesday after a launch ceremony was held at its Chungju campus, in a move to develop a brand new public transport service. The autonomous shuttle [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Science and ICT has announced plans to develop digital chat bots for lonely seniors as well as a platform providing information related to chemical products by 2020. The plans for the science ministry’s new technology development project were revealed on Wednesday, the continuation of an initiative that [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – YouTube was the most popular mobile app among South Korean smartphone holders in their teens and 20s, while those in their 40s and 50s used Naver and KakaoTalk the most, according to a new survey. The survey conducted by Wise App and released on Tuesday revealed that among Android users, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Koreans are expressing concern over the soaring cost of living in their country. According to the Worldwide Cost of Living Report 2017 from the Economist Intelligence Unit, the inflation rate in South Korea was highest among the 133 countries surveyed, while it was also [...]
ULSAN, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Photos of a luxury meal served at a high school in Ulsan consisting of mini lobster that are worth at least 10,000 won alone have gone viral. Students at Seine High School in Ulsan enjoyed a surprise lunch consisting of shrimp fried rice, a mango salad, udon noodles, lobster and [...]
CHUNCHEON, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Actor and singer Jang Keun-suk has been chosen as an honorary ambassador for the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics. Jang will represent the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, as well as tourism in Gangwon Province, after receiving a plaque in celebration of his appointment at an event held [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The first batch of 50,000 pairs of Pyeongchang Olympics-inspired trainers sold out only a week after pre-orders began. The special trainers dubbed ‘PyeongChang Sneakers’ have proved a great success on the back of public support for the much anticipated the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, following in the footsteps of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s decades-long free subway ride policy for elderly passengers is being met with calls for a higher age threshold, with local public transport operators seeking ways to offset the growing losses. Since its implementation during the 1980s under the Chun Doo-hwan government, the free subway ride policy has been [...]
HAWCHEON, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Hwacheon County has announced plans to introduce a duty-free shop at the Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival for international visitors as part of a bid to boost consumption. According to plans announced by the Hwacheon County government on Tuesday, the newly proposed duty-free shop will be built in time for the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A survey of prospective car owners has revealed that if prices of both domestic autos and foreign brands are raised by equal amounts, demand for the former will suffer, while consumer proclivity for the latter will actually increase. The domestic auto industry has gone on to say that should [...]