SEJONG, Jan.8 (Korea Bizwire) – With the establishment of ‘Rest Areas for Drowsiness’ on highways and national routes, the death toll from traffic accidents has dropped by more than 50 percent. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced that the number of accidents that occurred between service areas decreased by 28 percent in 2015 [...]
INCEON, Jan.6 (Korea Bizwire) – The area between the northern limit line (NLL) in the West Sea and the fisheries control line of North Korea is actually the same as the DMZ. The fisheries near the five northwestern border islands are close to the NLL, and fishing in the area is banned to protect South [...]
SEOUL, Dec.29 (Korea Bizwire) – The government is resourcing big data to apprehend corruption dealing with the maintenance costs of apartments. The Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and the Gyeonggi province announced that they adopted the big data method to investigate maintenance costs of apartments and [...]
JEONJU, Dec.29 (Korea Bizwire) – Finding a pharmacy open during the holidays or looking for reliable child care at night seems to be as difficult as solving a complicated riddle. First of all, there is no clue on where to even get such information from. And even if one gets in touch with such information, [...]
SEOUL, Dec.23 (Korea Bizwire) – A Christmas tree with lights powered by a bicycle ‘generator’ has been set up in Seoul Square. A book tree made out of 800 donated books now stands at the Songpa-gu Office, and a ‘recycled tree’ made out of 588 recycled plastic boxes is drawing attention at the Gangdong-gu Office. [...]
DAEJEON, Dec.21 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Rail Network Authority announced that it has selected eight local governments to start businesses using railways and land which are no longer in use. Some of the abandoned areas have been used under agreements between local governments and the Korea Rail Network Authority, but as the Ministry of [...]
BUSAN, Dec.16 (Korea Bizwire) – The ‘One Stop Happiness Basket Center’, where citizens can file paperwork related to marriage and children all at once, has opened at the Geumjeong Community Health Center in Busan. The plan to manage the center won first place at the ‘Government 3.0 Life Cycle Service’ contest. In only one visit, [...]
GWANGJU, Dec.9 (Korea Bizwire) – The first drive-thru center for civil affairs has opened in Gwangju. The ‘Cha Ta Go, Minwon Bo Go’ (ride as you do your civil affair business) center opened at the Chumdan 2 dong community service center in Gwangju on December 8. Because the community service center is located in a [...]
SEOUL, Dec.8 (Korea Bizwire) – The government has decided to lower regulations and financially support three new technologies – wireless charging, fused pay channels, and Internet of Things (IoT). These technologies are attracting significant attention, as they could change the way we live forever. On the other hand, there is a need for large-scale R&D [...]
The Korea Tobacco Association (KTA) announced that it will start a campaign to prevent smoking among teenagers with students from ‘The School to help you Grow, Byeol’ and popular webtoonist Jeon Sun-wook, famous for his webtoon ‘Free draw’ on Naver. (Image : Kobizmedia / Korea Bizwire) SEOUL, Dec.2 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Tobacco Association [...]