SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — About half of the Korean households that have concerns, worries, and conflicts pointed to the health of family members as the biggest cause of conflict, a survey showed Monday. According to a survey conducted jointly by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs and Seoul National University of [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has introduced breathing sensors in a new military prison to help prevent suicides, an informed source said Tuesday, in the first installation of such equipment at a local correctional facility. The military installed the domestically developed sensor in about 50 cells, including solitary confinement rooms, at the [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell to a 17-week low Monday, as the omicron-driven surge has slowed in recent weeks. The country added 9,975 new infections, including 17 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 17,967,672, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. Monday’s tally dropped [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study suggested that the growing level of video game addiction during COVID-19 pandemic era can be largely attributed to gamers’ intent to escape reality. Jang Ye-beet, a professor at Aju University’s culture and contents department, conducted a survey of 256 online gamers in their 20s living in [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will resume an annual field training program for its reserve forces in a scaled-back manner next month after two years of suspension caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the state military recruitment agency said Monday. Starting June 20, some 500,000 reservists will be called upon to complete the [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — In meeting with first lady Kim Keon-hee for the first time this past weekend, U.S. President Joe Biden had a few good words to say, according to sources Monday. Biden was greeted by first lady Kim Keon-hee when he arrived at the National Museum of Korea for a state [...]
JEONJU, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Low carbon beef from Korean premium “hanwoo” cattle that is raised in a customized low carbon environment is expected to come to the market in the near future. Melliens, a startup founded by a faculty member of Jeonbuk National University, recently marketed low carbon Hanwoo called Locacow, which have [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea, the United States and four other countries issued a joint statement condemning Russia for its invasion of Ukraine on the sidelines of a meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Seoul’s trade ministry said Sunday. The statement, which was joined by Japan, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group said Sunday it will invest an additional US$5 billion in the United States for robotics and autonomous driving software development, just a day after announcing a similar size investment to build an electric vehicle plant in the U.S. Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Euisun Chung [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has postponed the launch of a disposable cup deposit system by six months to December in the face of opposition from business owners and the conservative ruling party. The environment ministry had planned to implement the new policy on June 10, mandating consumers to pay a 300 [...]