SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The wife of Yoon Suk-yeol, presidential candidate of South Korea’s main opposition party, apologized Sunday over allegations of past misdeeds that have continued to plague Yoon’s campaign for the March 9 election. Kim Keon-hee, wife of Yoon who is running in the election as candidate of the People Power [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” the latest Spider-Man series film, has become the No. 1 hit movie of the year in South Korea after surpassing the attendance record of local film “Escape from Mogadishu.” According to Sony Pictures, distributor of the American superhero film, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” attracted 4.17 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A new forecast has shown that by the end of this century, summer will be around for more than half of the entire year unless current levels of greenhouse gas emissions are reduced. The Korea Meteorological Administration released a report on Thursday that makes a climate forecast for South [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — With the introduction of a new policy that obliges citizens to throw away colorless, transparent plastic bottles only after removing all non-plastic materials from them, a recent study showed that citizens are most frustrated with the label removal process. The Korea Consumer Agency conducted a survey of 1,000 consumers [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The occupation considered to be most ideal for spouses among single men and women in their 20s and 30s turned out to be a civil servant. According to a survey conducted by local matchmaking agency Gayeon of 500 single men and 500 single women between the ages of 25 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank Co. announced that it will invest a total of 400 billion won (US$337 million) to build an eco-friendly power plant fueled by both liquid natural gas (LNG) and blue hydrogen. Blue hydrogen is produced from natural gas and produces less CO2 The power plant [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Broadcast Advertising Corp.(KOBACO), a state-run broadcasting ad agency, said Thursday that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with local IT startups Storelink and Kloser to prevent digital ad fraud. The initiative comes after a soaring number of fraud cases involving abuse of the method of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to drag on, high schoolers in their second year of remote schooling are considering dropping out of school to opt for a general equivalency diploma. The introduction of remote schooling has led to a deteriorating sense of concentration among students and limited engagement with [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A trial run of hydrogen-powered heavy duty trucks kicked off Thursday as part of South Korea’s broader efforts for a shift to eco-friendly vehicles in line with the carbon emission cut initiative. Five 11-ton fuel cell trucks, including Hyundai Motor Co’s Xcient, will run on roads in the Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Among those living in Seoul, middle-aged single-person households without incomes are more likely to have been late in payment of mobile phone bills than other groups, data showed Wednesday. In collaboration with Statistics Korea and SK Telecom Co., the Seoul Metropolitan Government analyzed data for about 3.4 million citizens [...]