SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Post, which is in charge of postal service under the Ministry of Science and ICT, said Sunday it will launch a long-term missing child search campaign dubbed “Hope Tape” starting on Monday to mark International Missing Children’s Day. The campaign is part of a partnership between the Korean [...]
DAEJEON, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A local social enterprise is gaining attention after making and distributing specially designed protective masks for teachers at schools for hearing-impaired students, to ensure their right to education amid the coronavirus outbreak. Persons with hearing disabilities have to look at the mouth to clearly understand what the other person [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Police Agency expanded the use of so-called ‘untact’ detectors to track down drunk drivers nationwide after they were first introduced last Monday. The breathalyzers used in the pre-coronavirus era were removed in January, after which the police have been resorting to selective crackdowns on suspicious drivers for [...]
CHONAN, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A new sewage treatment system has been developed that can process female hygiene products, wet wipes, and other large, solid materials. The Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) and regenerative blower manufacturer Hwanghae Electric Co. announced Tuesday that they had developed a single-channel pump that can flush even large, [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Seongdong District said Monday that it will distribute “smart insoles” with built-in location tracking devices to prevent the disappearance of people with developmental disabilities in its jurisdiction and help them to learn to be on their own. When the smart insoles are in use, the location of people [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Lotte Department Store, one of the country’s major department store chain operators, announced Wednesday that it will introduce a ‘shop-alone service’ for customers who do not wish to be approached by sales clerks and other employees. Customers will be able to shop alone without any offers of assistance from staff [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — With the number new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus linked to clubs in Seoul’s Itaewon neighborhood growing by the day, the aviation industry has decided to strengthen its contactless services. Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s biggest low-cost carrier, said it will introduce contact-free services, such as self-bar code [...]
SINAN, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The municipal government has announced plans to start collecting marine debris with agricultural tractors. Sinan County in South Jeolla Province said Tuesday that it held a demonstration at Jaun Outdoor Beach, attaching a custom-made collection device to front and rear of five agricultural tractors. The county, which has a large [...]
JEJU, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) – As part of a new initiative to eliminate flies at Jeju City livestock farms, natural predator insects will be distributed to farmers. The city of Jeju on South Korea’s largest island of Jeju said Tuesday that it will push for a pilot project to eliminate pests using a wasp known as [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Convenience store franchise CU said Monday it has introduced a service at stores nationwide that allows customers to withdraw cash while making a purchase. Customers who pay with a credit card while purchasing goods at one of CU’s stores can also ask to withdraw cash at the same time. [...]