SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s foreign ministry will open an economic security center in March to help ensure stable supply chains of strategically vital goods and draft diplomatic strategies for emerging trade issues, according to Seoul officials Sunday. The in-house body is part of the government’s broader efforts to address concerns over [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — 6 out of 10 South Korean women who gave birth last year worked during their pregnancy, more than 75 percent of whom returned or plan to return to work after giving birth, a survey showed Wednesday. The Ministry of Health and Welfare conducted a survey of 3,127 women who [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Taxi sharing, banned in South Korea for the past four decades, will be revived in a new way in Seoul this week thanks to the development of IT technology, the city government said Thursday. The Seoul government said cab ride-sharing services can be offered legally in the capital starting [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Heavy Industries Co. said Tuesday it has won approval in principle (AIP) from the Korean Register of Shipping (KR), a South Korean ship quality assurance and risk management company, for its newly-developed ‘on-board carbon capture system’ that can be used on liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered ships. The carbon [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — With increasing food delivery commissions resulting from skyrocketing demand in the pandemic era, consumers are beginning to split up delivery fees. In January, most delivery companies raised delivery commissions by 500 to 1,000 won (US$0.42-0.83). The default delivery fee, which stood at around 3,300 won last year, jumped to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — ‘Alternative tourism’ is gaining popularity with South Korea reaching the third year of travel restrictions following the coronavirus outbreak. Major travel agency Interpark Tour said Monday it had released ‘Toy Story’, a unique tourist package that asks foreign customers to send dolls to ‘take the trip for them’. The [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s second-biggest airline, said Monday it had created pouches that can carry 11-inch tablet PCs by recycling old uniforms worn by flight attendants. The tablet pouches were designed after the official uniform worn by flight attendants at Asiana. The company plans to give them out [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul will reopen in July after completing over 1 1/2 years of renovation that will more than double the total area, including tripling the space for trees and other plants, the city government said Tuesday. The square, located in front of the royal Gyeongbok Palace [...]
DAEJEON, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology said Monday that a research team had developed a portable ‘electronic nose’ that can check whether meat has spoiled in real-time. The electronic nose can even detect a tiny amount of cadaverine and putrescine, which generate bad odors caused by meat [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A member of Seoul’s municipal council has proposed an ordinance bill calling for the mayor to draw up a long-term plan to ban dog meat consumption and put it into action, officials said Monday. “The culture of thinking of pets as part of the family has already become a [...]