SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) – From Band-Aid bandages to sanitary pads and ointments, a new emergency kit service dubbed ‘Goodoc pharmacy’ is coming to a Seoul subway station near you, which any subway rider can use in case of an emergency. The Goodoc pharmacy service, which was introduced by the Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transport Corporation [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Psy, the 2012 global pop sensation who released “Gangnam Style,” said on Wednesday he is really keyed up hours before the release of his eighth studio album. “Among many things I do on Earth, standing on stage is the most not nervous, but I’m really nervous at this place [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean civic group Writers is teaming up with KT Linkus, an affiliate of telecom provider KT, in giving a new role to old telephone booths near Gyeongbokgung station in Seoul’s Jongno District, by transforming them into mini studios in which audiobooks will be recorded for visually impaired people, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean telecom provider LG Uplus has teamed up with Novita, the bidet maker with the largest market share in the country, to release a new bidet that comes with IoT technology, the mobile network announced yesterday. The new bidet, scheduled to be released next month, is the first [...]
SEONGNAM, SOUTH KOREA, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Vehicle recording devices installed in cars, widely known as ‘black boxes’, will now serve as surveillance cameras to keep an eye on crime in the absence of police, Seongnam’s city government announced yesterday. More than 3,500 local drivers in Seongnam agreed to cooperate with the local government in [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Couriers for one of South Korea’s largest logistics companies, CJ Korea Express, have become certified emergency medical responders after receiving safety and CPR training, the company announced yesterday. In collaboration with the Ministry of Public Safety and Security (MPSS), CJ Korea Express trained around five hundred of its employees [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A research team from KAIST (the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) has developed a self-sealing hemostatic needle that won’t make you bleed after it’s used, taking advantage of one of Korea’s most popular mariculture products – mussels. The team leveraged the exceptional ability of mussels to attach [...]
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SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Gangnam Style, Psy’s worldwide sensation powered by an iconic horse dance, set numerous world records. The song’s music video is still the most liked and viewed video on YouTube. But most of all, Gangnam Style was the first K-pop song, ever, to attract global attention. Ironically, however, 38-year-old Psy is [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Star of “My Love from the Stars” Kim Soo-hyun will take part in an annual K-pop festival set to open in Los Angeles late this month, organizers said Friday. Kim will be among Korean television stars such as actors Son Ho-jun and Daniel Henney attending KCON 2015 USA [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — An ad supporting part-time workers’ labor rights is being involved in an unexpected controversy, and is at the forefront of a showdown between the nation’s employers and job seekers. The commercial, which was created by AlbaMon, a job information site, features Hyeri, a member of the popular K-pop girl [...]