SEONGNAM, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A local university’s student venture club has developed an eye-catching sock for visually impaired people. The innovative sock has been selling well, proving its commercial value. Gachon University’s student venture club ‘re;sight’ developed a sock that can be ‘seen’ through one’s fingertips. The sock has been designed for visually [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The state-run National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) said Wednesday that it had carried out a study to measure air pollution using pine needles and succeeded in standardizing this measurement method. The study was based on the premise that plant leaves can absorb heavy metallic air pollutants such as [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Oyster and shellfish waste that have become an environmental concern due to lack of processing methods will be recycled at a steel mill. Hyundai Steel Co., South Korea’s second-biggest steelmaker, said Tuesday that it will use the lime powder made by processing shellfish and oyster shells for the sintering [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean convenience store chain E-Mart 24 has released a ‘stock lunch box’ in collaboration with Hana Financial Investment Co. Those who buy the stock lunch boxes have a chance to receive a coupon conferring ownership of one share of 10 stocks, including Naver, Hyundai Motor and Samsung Electronics. [...]
CHANGWON, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Abandoned school buildings are turning into new platforms of culture, breathing new life into local communities. The old Yongho Branch School building, left abandoned on Yongho Island in Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province, is currently undergoing renovations to become a cat protection facility. The school, which opened in 1940, was [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanjin Transportation Co., a South Korean logistics company, announced on Monday that it will launch a new venture in which delivery vehicles will take street view pictures and collect road information. Street view refers to mapping services that offer a virtual look at real streets using imagery from high [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of obsolete public phone booths across the country are being transformed into charging stations for various electric vehicles, officials said Monday. The municipality of Jeonju, 240 kilometers south of Seoul, said it and KT Linkus, the operator of public pay phone networks, have agreed to convert [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Solutions Corp., a South Korean energy solutions company, will participate in a government project in tandem with Lotte Chemical Corp., a major petrochemical firm, to cut carbon emissions by recycling the waste heat at one of its plants. Hanwha Solutions announced that it will create 1 million tons [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — E-Mart24 Inc. said Tuesday that it is joining hands with Art Together, a group buying platform for artwork, to sell shares of ownership for “Running Women,” an art piece created by British artist Julian Opie. The convenience store chain plans to divide ownership into 4,400 shares, and give out [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — As the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage on, smartphone apps that assist in child rearing are gaining popularity. The usage rate of Brush Monster, an augmented reality (AR)-based app for children developed by Kitten Planet to teach them how to brush their teeth, has quadrupled since the onset of [...]