DAEJEON, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have developed a technology that can prevent the spread of African swine fever by luring wild boars with the excrement of a female hog. The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) announced Tuesday that wild boars, main carriers of the disease, can be captured by using [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — SSG.com, the online shopping unit of retail conglomerate Shinsegae, announced Monday that it will start using ice packs containing eco-friendly microorganisms to help the environment. The contents of the new ice packs, when disposed of through a drain, can cleanse wastewater or be used as a nutritional supplement for [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting next month, black boxes in taxis and buses will be used to track illegal activities such as motorcycles operating on sidewalks or bicycle paths. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) announced Monday that it will join hands with the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean baseball club is holding a special event where the team collects autographs from all team members for its fans. As the coronavirus pandemic continues, contact between players and fans has been banned. The Lotte Giants, in response, created the event for fans to be able to obtain [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Environment Corp. (KEC), which operates under South Korea’s Ministry of Environment, has eased restrictions on participation in the carbon-point system for automobile owners and doubled incentive benefits from last year. The carbon point system is a nationwide voluntary greenhouse gas reduction system where participants are given points [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Police Agency has begun a new system using ‘untact detectors’ to identify drivers under the influence without conducting breath tests. The new system replaces previous breathalyzers, aiming to reduce the risk of coronavirus transmission. The new alcohol testing device can be used to measure the driver’s blood [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — MORE THAN, a social enterprise fostered by SK Innovation Co., a major energy and chemical company, has embarked on a project to recycle marine debris to make fashion products. Of all marine debris, fishing nets account for a fairly large share at 19 percent. These fishing nets are saturated [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — In the aftermath of a precipitous drop in customers due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, movie theaters are coming up with innovative ways to generate revenue. Some theaters are now allowing customers to rent the whole venue to overcome the fallout from the COVID-19 outbreak. CJ CGV, South Korea’s [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) will develop and commercialize a technology to produce eco-friendly marine ecological blocks used to create artificial fishing banks, with oyster shells. KIOST said Thursday that it has established the Korea Marine Ecology Block, a research institute, in a joint venture [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — After the parliamentary elections on April 15, election promotional banners that will be discarded will be recycled into shopping bags and garbage bags. Earlier this month, the Ministry of Environment had distributed guidelines containing such information to local governments across the country to push for recycling measures. The guidelines included [...]