SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co. took a concrete step towards preventing the spread of the coronavirus on ships as part of a pilot project. The company said Sunday that it installed virus-killing lamps on the 318,000-ton very large crude carrier (VLCC) VL Bright as part of [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government has launched the operation of an automatic alert system to check the entry and departure of tax delinquent vehicles at 99 public parking lots in downtown areas from Friday. If vehicles subject to number-plate confiscation for tax delinquency enter the parking lot gates, the system [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has revised a law to enable rapid diagnosis of aquatic life disease through simple test kits. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries on Thursday announced advance legislation notice for the revision of the Aquatic Life Disease Control Act. The act was revised to strengthen the diagnosis and [...]
SUWON, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Suwon in Gyeonggi Province has announced a plan to establish and implement a ‘smart safety service,’ including a drowsy driving detection system for buses operating in regular lanes from next month. The smart safety service, which includes the emergency rescue function in the event of accidents, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of innovative curators across Korea are turning shipping containers into art galleries. At the recently opened Dalha Gallery, the front side of a shipping container has been turned into a show window. To promote culture in the local community, the container gallery was set up to allow [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Passengers on Korean Air Lines Co. flights will now be able to board airplanes by scanning their palms, instead of producing a boarding pass. The South Korea’s national flag carrier said Tuesday that it will introduce the country’s first ‘Bio Self-boarding Service’ for domestic flights, in which passengers can [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it will repurpose discarded ocean-bound fishing nets in its Galaxy devices as part of its efforts to expand the use of eco-conscious materials and make its business more environmentally friendly. The world’s largest smartphone maker said the use of a new material “marks another [...]
BUSAN, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — An old military barracks that used to guard the coastline against the intrusion of North Korean spies has been renovated into a gallery. The Haeundae District in the southeastern city of Busan said Tuesday that an old barracks, abandoned on the coast of Cheongsapo Beach, has been renovated into [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — ‘Alternative tourism’ is gaining popularity with South Korea reaching the third year of travel restrictions following the coronavirus outbreak. Major travel agency Interpark Tour said Monday it had released ‘Toy Story’, a unique tourist package that asks foreign customers to send dolls to ‘take the trip for them’. The [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s second-biggest airline, said Monday it had created pouches that can carry 11-inch tablet PCs by recycling old uniforms worn by flight attendants. The tablet pouches were designed after the official uniform worn by flight attendants at Asiana. The company plans to give them out [...]