SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The state-run utility Korea East-West Power Co. announced that together with a local company, it had succeeded in developing road surface block-type solar power generation technology for the first time in South Korea. This technology enables the production of electricity by installing solar power generation blocks in various road [...]
BUSAN, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The state-run Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Agency has announced the developed of new artificial intelligence (AI) technology that can predict the extinction of sea fog occurring in the areas of Incheon Port in Incheon and Haeundae Beach in Busan. The sea fog that disrupts sailing safety and marine activities [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will introduce robots to feed military trainees this year. The Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy announced last week that they will introduce robots as a test run this year to minimize the risk of injury and pressure borne by military [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Lotte Chemical Co., a petrochemical unit of Lotte Group, said Monday that it had developed an eco-friendly packaging material by recycling waste plastic, and had started making use of it for the packaging of its products. The company developed post-consumer recycled polyethylene (PCR-PE) by collecting waste packaging materials made [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Gangnam District is offering hotel guestrooms to low-income seniors to fend off the summer heat until the end of this month. The district joined hands with four hotels in the area to provide 40 guestrooms to local residents in need. Once an extreme heat warning is issued, the [...]
TOKYO, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Fans of Kim Yeon-koung, captain of the South Korean women’s Olympic volleyball team, have launched a drive to donate tree saplings to Turkey, which is currently battling severe wildfires, following the team’s hard-fought victory over the transcontinental nation. Devoted followers of the star captain have started a movement on [...]
BUSAN, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has developed a flexible self-charging energy storage device that can create and store electric energy using the small muscle movements inside the human body. A joint research team consisting of five local universities and institutions including Pukyong National University announced on Tuesday that it [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday that it will launch a campaign to collect leaf springs illegally installed on commercial trucks and recycle them for the production of fences for child safety zones. Leaf springs are typically installed under the frame of commercial trucks to reduce shock to the [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Smartphone users will soon be able to shake their phones to detect registered sex offenders if they are wearing an electronic anklet and within a 20-meter radius, the Ministry of Justice said Monday. The new service, which was developed in concert with the Gyeonggi provincial government, will launch Wednesday [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Global Chemical Co., a chemical affiliate of South Korea’s energy giant SK Innovation Co., has announced that it is reusing bale silage plastic as upcycled bags for petrochemical products. Bale silage, the ‘giant marshmallows’ lying in fields, refers to bales of hay or other crops wrapped in multiple [...]