DAEGU, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Daegu Metropolitan Police Agency said Tuesday it will install new traffic lights that are designed to support vulnerable groups and prevent jaywalking by showing the remaining time in a red light’s cycle. This new traffic lights add to the system that displays the remaining time for the green [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s No. 1 wireless carrier, said Tuesday it will jointly develop and commercialize a self-driving patrol robot in collaboration with its cybersecurity service subsidiary SK shieldus Co. and a robot technology company Neubility by the end of this year. The self-driving robot will patrol a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Aerospace Co., a South Korean aircraft engine maker, is on track to secure anti-drone technology to cope with the threat of unmanned drones. The company announced on Wednesday that it had invested in Fortem Technologies, Inc., a U.S.-based airspace defense and security specialist, under a Simple Agreement for [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s central district of Yongsan will launch a compensation program for those who pick up cigarette butts tossed on the street, officials said Thursday. Under this program, the Yongsan Ward office will issue compensation depending on the weight of the cigarette butts collected. The amount of compensation is set [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday it is using smart plugs to monitor single-person households with a risk of “lonely death” 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A smart plug is a device that is connected to the electrical outlets that power televisions, microwaves and other commonly [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group has unveiled a new vision for transforming mobility into a living space connected with buildings. The group on Monday released a “Mobile Living Space” animation video showing a scenario organically connecting mobility with buildings. The video, which is about four minutes long, showcased mobility solutions combined [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung C&T Corp., the construction unit of Samsung Group, said Wednesday it had made new employee ID card cases by recycling waste helmets from its construction sites. The company said that it was the first among domestic companies to make employee ID card cases using waste generated during business [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top messenger app operator Kakao Corp. said Tuesday it has introduced “memorial profiles” to KakaoTalk to keep deceased users in remembrance. Previously, KakaoTalk profiles of deceased people that were locked for not being accessed for more than a year or their phone being deregistered would be set [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The central administrative city of Sejong will launch a pilot program in January in which households can drop waste medicines into mailboxes and postal workers will safely bring them to incineration sites, officials said Monday. To launch the waste medicine collection service, the city government signed a memorandum of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Metro, the city-run operator of the subway system in Seoul, said Monday it has introduced Safe Roads to guide passengers to elevators inside subway stations. Seoul Metro joined hands with the Ministry of Interior and Safety and the Korea Elevator Safety Agency to lay out Safe Roads in [...]