SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Corp., the operator of the country’s top mobile messenger, said Friday its 2022 net income fell 38 percent due to a base effect. The company’s net profit totaled 1.02 trillion won (US$810.2 million) on a consolidated basis in 2022, compared with a profit of 1.64 trillion won a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean consumers are reducing the use of food delivery apps while showing a preference towards homemade meals, amid the easing of social distancing rules coupled with the economic slump. The monthly active users (MAU) of the nation’s big three food delivery apps — Baedal Minjok, Yogiyo, and Coupang [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Welstory Inc., a catering service affiliate of Samsung Group, said Thursday it has developed an analysis system to analyze the type and amount of leftovers by scanning the plates returned by customers. With cameras installed at the dish return window of a cafeteria, the system automatically scans the plates [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s central district of Yongsan will launch a compensation program for those who pick up cigarette butts tossed on the street, officials said Thursday. Under this program, the Yongsan Ward office will issue compensation depending on the weight of the cigarette butts collected. The amount of compensation is set [...]
ANTAKYA, Turkey, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s disaster relief team operating in quake-struck Turkey rescued five survivors Thursday, according to on-site team officials and Seoul’s foreign ministry. The team rescued a man in his 70s at around 5 a.m. (local time) from the rubble at the site of a high school in Hatay’s [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s antitrust regulator said Thursday it has decided to issue a correction order on four German carmakers operating here for colluding to adopt a system that results in higher nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions and fine them a total of 42.3 billion won (US$33.5 million). The move came after [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of cases of harassment at work reported to the state labor relations commission surged last year, data showed Wednesday, largely due to a growing number of people in their 20s and 30s calling upon new labor practices. A total of 18,118 labor dispute cases were reported last [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Owners of Hyundai Motor Co.’s Kona Electric have lost a lawsuit against the automaker for a series of fires caused by battery issues. The Seoul Central District Court has ruled in favor of Hyundai in a compensation lawsuit filed by 173 Kona EV owners against the automaker. A series [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday it is using smart plugs to monitor single-person households with a risk of “lonely death” 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A smart plug is a device that is connected to the electrical outlets that power televisions, microwaves and other commonly [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Following the devastating earthquake that shook Turkey’s southeastern region earlier this week, a Turkish woman called out for help in the Korean language. Celine Gunner, a digital producer at a broadcasting station in Istanbul, sent out a series of tweets on Tuesday. “Everyone, it’s an emergency. Turkey needs help [...]