SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The use of disposable items, such as single-use plastic cups and cutlery, is prohibited inside cafes and restaurants under a new environmental regulation that went into force Friday. It marks a reinstatement of the environmental ministry’s anti-disposable law that first went into effect in 2018. Its enforcement was temporarily [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said Thursday it will launch a project to establish a fish farming development center and strengthen related capabilities as part of efforts to transfer inland fish farming technology to Kyrgyzstan. The landlocked country in Central Asia is now engaged in inland fish farming [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of the Interior and Safety said Thursday it will carry out a five-year plan to establish liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) distribution facilities for 31 islands and 4,200 households across the country. With a budget of 45.4 billion won (US$37.3 million), the project is aimed at installing storage [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that it is not against the highest law to punish non-medical workers practicing tattooing. In a 5-4 decision, the court dismissed a constitutional petition by a group of tattooists against the Medical Service Act that outlaws tattooing by people with no medical license. Under [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean food companies are rolling out not-so-spicy ‘mild kimchi’ products to increase their presence in the American and European markets. Daesang Corp. recently invested 20 billion won (US$16.5 million) to set up a manufacturing plant in Los Angeles capable of producing around 2,000 tons of kimchi every year. [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) has revealed it conducted a special commando training earlier this month, in an apparent show of America’s military might following North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch last week. In a Facebook post Wednesday, the Special Operations Command Korea (SOCKOR) showed a set of [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s public and private sectors will team up to develop a wireless charging infrastructure for electric trucks. The Ministry of Environment on Wednesday signed a business agreement with the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the Korea Automobile Environmental Association and e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. Under terms of the agreement, the [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Chem Ltd. South Korea’s leading chemical company, and CJ Logistics Co., the country’s No. 1 parcel delivery firm, said Wednesday that they will establish a resource circulation system to promote the reuse and recycling of cosmetics containers in collaboration with local reusable packaging startup Innerbottle. Innerbottle will produce [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea successfully test-fired a solid-fuel space rocket Wednesday, the defense ministry said, following North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch last week. The state-run Agency for Defense Development conducted the first such test at a testing site in Taean, 150 kilometers southwest of Seoul, to confirm capabilities of [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Navy SEAL-turned-YouTuber Rhee Keun, who left for Ukraine to join the war against Russia, claimed Wednesday his special combat team is conducting confidential direct offensive operations in the country. Rhee, a former South Korean Navy special warfare officer, left for Ukraine in early March to join the war against [...]