SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The state-run Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency said Monday it has launched an online service that enables workers to check how much they have been exposed to carcinogenic substances. The agency developed K-CAREX (carcinogen exposure) to measure the scale of exposure to carcinogenic substances and the number of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group said Sunday that all of its electric vehicle (EV) models built on its own dedicated EV platform named E-GMP recorded the highest grade in the world’s major collision tests. As a result of the collision tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), Hyundai [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Energy Co., South Korea’s leading oil refinery and gas station operator, is teaming up with internet portal giant Naver Corp. to convert gas stations into urban logistics bases armed with state-of-the-art technology. The two companies recently signed a business agreement to promote cooperation in developing and establishing logistics [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Subway fares in Seoul and some nearby cities are expected to rise next year after a yearslong freeze, as operators have failed to secure sufficient funds to compensate for a growing deficit. On Saturday, the National Assembly passed a 638.7 trillion-won (US$497 billion) government budget for 2023 but did [...]
BUSAN, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Police officers in the southern port city of Busan decided to help out the suspect in a series of thefts after learning of the person’s unfortunate circumstances. According to the Busanjin Police Station, a person stole from an unmanned store in Busanjin District 16 times over seven days earlier [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Cigarette packs in South Korea will feature new warning images as of Friday. The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced that new warning images unveiled in June have been implemented for the next 24 months, following a probation period. The 12 warning images for 10 non-electronic cigarettes and two [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s dominant messaging app KakaoTalk, announced that it has added a new function enabling users to “sneak out” of team chat rooms without informing other team members. Team chat rooms are usually opened by team leaders who use a pay-based data backup service. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Ahead of Christmas, a prime season for cakes, anti-SPC sentiment is on the rise with many vowing to avoid purchasing SPC products. A boycott movement of SPC Group brands began in October, after a 23-year-old worker killed in a sauce mixer accident at at the factory affiliated with the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The government plans to downgrade the indoor mask mandate, the country’s last remaining COVID-19 restriction, to a recommendation if specific criteria are met, a ruling party lawmaker quoted health authorities as saying Thursday. South Korea has been mulling lifting the indoor mask requirement in phases starting next month as [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — An Asiana Airlines flight Thursday from South Korea to Nepal carried some highly unusual passengers: 42 dairy cows were aboard as part a project that illustrates the value of paying it forward. The cows are the first batch of a total of 101 Holstein heifers and two breeding bulls [...]