DAEJEON, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has developed wearable robot technology that can be used for various physical tasks ranging from delivery to construction work. Wearable robots are largely divided into robotic exoskeletons and suit-type devices. Researchers from the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials announced Wednesday that they had [...]
SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — This year, the government will support the creation of commercial products using a prototype model that has won a competition for recycling marine waste. Marine waste is difficult to recycle due to its salinity and other foreign substances from the sea. Since it is more costly to collect than [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — With an increasing number of companies strengthening their ESG (environmental, social and governance) management, fashion companies are also releasing a string of eco-friendly products. Kolon Sport, an outdoor brand run by South Korean clothing firm Kolon Industry FnC, developed a renewable nylon material dubbed ‘Kolon Nylon,’ and made use [...]
YONGIN, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — An abandoned school building has been renovated into a gym for students. The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education announced Tuesday the opening of the Student Sports Center in Yongin, just south of Seoul, which is open to all students from the province. The center consists of a 4-story building [...]
SEJONG, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — New technology has been developed to enable three types of urban waste – household waste, food waste and sewage sludge – to be simultaneously processed and converted into energy. The real life application is pending for the new technology since demonstration testing is already complete. The Ministry of Land, [...]
SEOUL, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has found that the extract of invasive algae called Sargassum horneri, believed to have come from China’s east coast, has the effect of preventing and curing psoriasis, an inflammatory skin condition. Sargassum horneri’s several branches stem from its small sitting cushion-shaped root. The branches [...]
GYEONGJU, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — An abandoned refrigerated warehouse in a local fishing village will be renovated into a special kitchen for “haenyeo,” or female divers. Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province announced Monday that the project has been approved by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, with renovations of the old warehouse in Eupcheon Port [...]
DAEJEON, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have developed a new technology that can detect food poisoning bacteria in real time using a semiconductor processing technology. The National Nanofab Center announced on Monday that it had developed technology to detect food poisoning bacteria using a nano structural body that was formed using the [...]
GWANGJU, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A ward office in the southwestern city of Gwangju plans to install battery exchange facilities at telephone booths as a part of efforts to promote the distribution and use of electric motorcycles. Gwangju’s Nam Ward recently signed a business agreement with KT Linkus, a telephone booth operator, for the [...]
ANDONG, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — North Gyeongsang Province plans to launch a ‘Healing-Work’ program that enables people to enjoy healing while working at agricultural villages. With the outbreak of the coronavirus bringing about a new era of non-face-to-face life, this program aims to attract more firms to agricultural areas with low population density, as [...]