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 [...]
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 [...]