SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Ecoplant announced on Tuesday that it is teaming up with NETSPA, a startup that specializes in recycling waste fishing nets, for a project in Southeast Asia. This project has been chosen as an initial project for the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Platform ESG Initiative. On September 12, SK Ecoplant [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it will invest US$1 million in Texas A&M University’s education and recruiting programs meant to nurture talent in the semiconductor sector. The South Korean chip giant signed the partnership with the engineering school last week in an effort to secure talent for its semiconductor [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The surge in whiskey’s popularity, leading to a surge in “home drinking,” is also translating into a growing trend in holiday gift sets. Whiskey sales, which constituted only half of wine gift sets just five years ago, have now escalated to a remarkable 90% this year. This whiskey [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) –The French defense company Thales Group hopes to deepen cooperation with South Korean partners in the fields of cybersecurity and space technologies, taking the decades long partnership to another level beyond the defense and other conventional sectors, its senior executive has said. Pascale Sourisse, senior executive vice president for [...]
GOYANG, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) —The city of Goyang in Gyeonggi Province, known as a “pet-friendly city,” is taking significant strides to enhance animal welfare by introducing a robust animal companionship healing program geared towards addressing the needs of its aging population. In an announcement made on Thursday, Goyang, with a history of being at [...]
TONGYEONG, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — An abandoned school situated on an island in the picturesque locale of Tongyeong, South Korea, has undergone a remarkable transformation. Related: Closed School Transformed into Cat Park in Tongyeong, Naples of Asia This former school has been lovingly repurposed into a welcoming sanctuary for stray cats who had nowhere else [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The medical community has expressed concerns about excessive medical checkups, suggesting that individuals without symptoms or those at low risk do not need to undergo thyroid ultrasonography or LDCT (Low-Dose Computed Tomography) screening for lung cancer. On Wednesday. the National Cancer Center and the National Academy of Medicine of Korea [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Among the obesity treatment drugs prescribed in South Korea, Phentermine, known as a weight loss pill, has the highest number of reported side effects cases. A joint research team from Kyung Hee University’s College of Pharmacy and Ajou University’s College of Medicine and College of Pharmacy analyzed 13,766 cases [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Plastic cups and containers will be banned from Han River parks starting in 2025. Even patrons at coffee shops who choose disposable cups will be charged a 300-won (US$0.22) deposit. Public events organized by government institutions will be required to use multi-use containers, and facilities for separating and recycling [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp.’s new chief said Thursday that he will do his best to build up the leading telecom operator’s future growth potential and energy by integrating information technology with its conventional telecommunications business in the future. Kim Young-shub, former CEO of IT service provider LG CNS Co., was appointed [...]