SEOUL, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) –CJ OnStyle, a South Korean home shopping channel, has revealed that its web drama series “Wake Up to a Latte” (unofficial translation) aimed at women in their 30s and 40s, has amassed over 10 million views, indicative of its growing popularity. “Wake Up to a Latte” debuted in September 2023, [...]
ULSAN, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) –Researchers at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in South Korea have developed technology that allows diagnosing sleep apnea using a smartphone app. According to UNIST, a research team led by professor Byun Young-jae from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has implemented a wearable sleep apnea [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) –The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on May 4 that it will produce its bottled drinking water brand Arisu in 100% recycled plastic PET bottles. Last year, the city supplied Arisu in bottles made with 30% recycled plastic, which had received certification from the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) –Samsung Electronics announced on June 4 the launch of its 2024 lineup of gaming monitors called Odyssey OLED featuring cutting-edge technology, as well as new high-resolution ViewFinity monitors. The new OLED gaming monitor series includes the Odyssey OLED G8 (G80SD) with 4K UHD resolution and the Odyssey OLED G6 (G60SD) [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Park, a 30-year-old office worker, recently made an uncharacteristic choice while shopping online: Instead of her usual environmentally friendly detergent, she added a regular brand to her virtual cart. Since starting to live independently in 2021, Park had used biodegradable sponges, shampoo bars and other eco-friendly products. But with prices [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Mobility Corp. said Tuesday it has released a new tax-hailing app for foreigners in South Korea. The new app, named k.ride, can be downloaded from the app stores in 14 countries, including the United States, Japan, China and Singapore, first for use in South Korea in connection to [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – A staggering 24% of dual-income families in Seoul experience symptoms of depression, according to a new study by the Seoul Research Institute. Working mothers and fathers struggle with insufficient societal and institutional support for child-rearing and caregiving responsibilities. Alarmingly, 15.8% of unmarried youths in Seoul within the optimal marriage age [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of medical facilities capable of handling births in South Korea has plummeted by over 30% in the past decade, according to recent government data, raising concerns over access to maternal care across the nation. More than 70 regions either lack obstetrician-gynecologist (OB-GYN) clinics entirely or have facilities unable [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Average South Korean workers in their 20s need 86.4 years to buy an apartment in Seoul using only their wage earnings, a report showed Monday. Lee Han-jin, a researcher at the Labor Institute of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, the largest umbrella union, released the report based on [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics is introducing a new refrigerator brand called STEM that directly connects to a water line to produce purified water and ice. The company plans to expand the STEM lineup to more than half of its premium French-door refrigerator models and position it as a driving force for its [...]