BERLIN, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Functional or purely aesthetic, LG Electronics Inc. showed off a series of interesting dual-purpose devices at the IFA tech fair. The most noticeable device that fulfills two different functions is an air purifier-cum-table, the PuriCare Objet Collection Aero Furniture. It is an air purifier that can be used as [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A presidential committee on ‘digital platform government’ came officially into being Friday with an initiative to create a data-based digital platform where the government could join hands with the public and firms to solve social problems. President Yoon Suk-yeol attended the ceremony held at the presidential office Friday morning [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The new U.N. special rapporteur for North Korea’s human rights on Friday expressed concerns over South Korea’s forced repatriation of two North Korean fishermen in 2019. During a press conference in Seoul, Elizabeth Salmon also said the right to send anti-Pyongyang leaflets to the North could be limited if [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The mutual approval rate between South Korea and Japan has recovered to the levels of 2019, prior to the outbreak of the boycott movement against Japanese products, a survey showed Thursday. The percentage of South Koreans with a favorable view of the neighboring country rose from 20.5 percent last [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 7 in 10 South Koreans play video games, and more people are playing games with their children, a poll showed Thursday. The Korea Creative Content Agency conducted a survey of 6,000 people between the ages of 10 and 65, in which 74.4 percent had played video games [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said Thursday it will begin a trial that involves adding doors to open display cases used to showcase refrigerated foods. Lotte Super, a supermarket chain of South Korean retail giant Lotte, will be installing doors on its refrigerated display cases at a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — One in 5 foreign nationals staying in South Korea are illegal immigrants, with the number of undocumented immigrants rising to nearly 400,000, government data showed Thursday. According to the data compiled by the Ministry of Justice, 395,068 foreigners were staying in the country without a valid visa in July, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea said Wednesday that it will launch a direct power purchase agreement (PPA) system that will enable businesses using large amounts of electricity to directly purchase the electricity produced using renewable energy without going through the electric power market. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced that [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s SmartThings, a software platform that connects and controls devices, will enable the control of home appliances from major global brands worldwide simply through a single app. Samsung Electronics announced on Wednesday that it will demonstrate the Home Connectivity Alliance (HCA) at IFA 2022 scheduled that kicks [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of cases officially deemed as child abuse incidents in South Korea grew 21.7 percent in 2021 from a year ago amid an increase in reports to authorities for intervention, a government report showed Wednesday. According to an annual welfare ministry report submitted to the National Assembly, the [...]