SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Free public transportation during commuting hours, Seoul’s emergency response to the elevated levels of particulate matter in the atmosphere courtesy of China, has been met with an unenthusiastic response from Seoul residents, who have levied a wide range of criticisms against the measure, calling it pointless and superficial. Yesterday, [...]
GAPYEONG, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The very first ‘music city’ in South Korea is set to open in Gapyeong County next January, hosting studio spaces, concert halls and lodging for artists and music fans. According to the government of Gapyeong country on Friday, the new project for South Korea’s very first music village will [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Expressway Corporation announced on December 26 that it would complete installation of solar power energy equipment on the roof of a 1.3 km long soundproof tunnel in Gwanggyo, Gyeonggi Province. When the equipment begins producing energy early next month, it will be the first highway soundproof tunnel [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Patent applications pertaining to heatable glass have surged in the past few years, a good omen for drivers who have to turn their heater on and off to keep their windshield from getting too foggy. The Korean Intellectual Property Office revealed on December 25 that 192 patent applications related [...]
SUWON, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Despite raising the prospect of conducting cloud seeding experiments to create artificial rain more than a year ago, Gyeonggi Province has not carried out a single test and will most likely close out the year without making good on its word. According to the provincial office on December 15, [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The government has announced plans for nationwide New Deal projects that will see 68 attractions across the country revitalized, including the city of Tongyeong. According to plans revealed by the government on Thursday, a number of old local landmarks and cultural assets in South Korea will take center stage [...]
DAEJEON, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – A team of Yonsei University researchers has successfully developed a keyboard using paper and pencil. As society moves forward into the Internet-of-Things age, academic research on pressure sensors through upgrading the sensitivity and pliability of surface microstructures is going strong. Typically, the development process of surface microstructures is both [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Science and ICT has announced plans to develop digital chat bots for lonely seniors as well as a platform providing information related to chemical products by 2020. The plans for the science ministry’s new technology development project were revealed on Wednesday, the continuation of an initiative that [...]
DAEJEON, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The actual Winter Games are at least a month away, but that hasn’t stopped the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics from rewriting history right now. On a chilly December day, the crowd gathered at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Daejeon were treated to an unusual [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Guard rails that detect car accidents and warn approaching cars to proceed with caution, and a program that can read and analyze crime scene evidence such as footprints and tire marks were lauded as the best ideas submitted to a safety science contest organized by the government. Eight teams [...]