DAEJEON, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A newly developed bone-replica chip will be able to verify the effects of new drugs for the treatment of osteoporosis without engaging in reckless animal experiments. A research team from the Korea Basic Science Institute said Thursday it has developed a chip that embodies the various structural and biological [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday it will operate “cooling road systems” to lower fine dust and road temperatures during the period from April to October. Designed to cool hot roads and reduce fine dust, the system consists of small square-shaped water spray devices installed in the centerline of [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) clubs are stepping up to attract fans through various marketing strategies as the government lifts quarantine restrictions. NC Dinos will introduce an artificial intelligence (AI) system named Dynamic Pricing this year, which will be in charge of setting ticket prices for home games. Ticket [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s transport safety agency plans to introduce a drunk driving prevention system that prevents rental cars from being started if they detect that the driver is drunk. The Korea Transportation Safety Authority said Monday it will launch a trial operation of the rental cars mounted with a drunk [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean fashion retailer Shinsegae International Inc. said Thursday it has donated crayons made from recycled lipstick to Child Fund Korea, a Seoul-based charity. The crayons were made with 16,940 used lipsticks. Two lipstick tubes can create one crayon. Some 2,700 sets of crayons including 1,700 sets of lipstick [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government has announced the development of a new system that uses closed-circuit cameras to offer parking discounts to drivers of electric vehicle (EVs) by automatically detecting batteries. The system uses CCTV cameras installed at EV charging stations to monitor how long the vehicles are plugged in [...]
SUWON, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gyeonggi provincial government has announced a plan to operate South Korea’s first ‘shared fish farm’ using a breeding tank for freshwater fish at the Gyeonggi-do Marine and Fisheries Resource Research Institute located in Yangpyeong, 55 kilometers east of Seoul. Just like a shared kitchen designed to incubate restaurant [...]
DAEJEON, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Forest Service said Monday it will hold a series of online tree planting events on a metaverse platform in celebration of the upcoming Arbor Day on April 5. Anyone can access 2ndblock, a metaverse platform developed by cryptocurrency operator Dunamu, and enter the Second Forest to plant a [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Coffee shops will now be able to recycle coffee grounds through more lenient requirements and procedures. The Ministry of Environment announced that it will designate coffee grounds as a ‘circulation resource’ starting on Tuesday. With the increasing amount of coffee consumption in South Korea, the volume of coffee grounds [...]
SEONGNAM, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Lyrics of famous Korean songs have been put up on an apartment wall as beautiful decorations. The tenants’ committee at an apartment complex in Bundang, southeast of Seoul created logo lights to shine on an apartment wall to console tenants and their families coming back after a long day [...]