SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Large companies in South Korea have more than halved their air pollutant emissions over the past five years amid the government’s anti-coal policies, a corporate tracker said Wednesday. Air pollutant emissions by 166 plants of 77 large businesses came to 139,112 tons in 2020, down 56 percent from 316,013 [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Delivery apps and restaurant search platforms are stepping up to revise reviews and star rating systems, in response to numerous restaurants struggling with malicious reviews and absurdly low star ratings. Last week, major food delivery platform Coupang Eats introduced a new feature that allows restaurants to reply to customer [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — There are concerns that high health insurance fees imposed on foreign students could hinder government efforts to promote study abroad programs in South Korea. Professor Kim Myeong-kwang from Daegu University published a paper this Monday that claimed some 150,000 foreign students currently living in the country have been paying [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 7 in 10 South Korean senior citizens want to keep working until the age of 73 amid a rise in life expectancy, a survey showed Tuesday. The survey by Statistics Korea showed 10 million, or 68.1 percent, of the 14.76 million South Koreans aged between 55 and 79, [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Businesses are discussing transition in the working patterns at manufacturing plants as South Korean conglomerates are introducing a ‘four units, two shifts’ policy. This policy involves two units working 12 hours a day while the other two units rest. South Korea’s leading steelmaker POSCO introduced the policy for the [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean travel agency is rolling out so-called ‘COVID-19 vaccine tours.’ Healing Vacation, a tour agency specializing in the Americas, introduced a travel package last Friday that includes receiving a Pfizer Inc.’s or Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine in the United States. With this package, travellers can get one [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Smartphone users will soon be able to shake their phones to detect registered sex offenders if they are wearing an electronic anklet and within a 20-meter radius, the Ministry of Justice said Monday. The new service, which was developed in concert with the Gyeonggi provincial government, will launch Wednesday [...]
TOKYO, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has dominated archery in the Olympics the way few other countries have in other sports. South Korea leads everyone with 26 gold medals, including two over the first two days of competition at the Tokyo Olympics this month. South Korea won the inaugural gold medal in the [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Monday unveiled its upgraded wireless earbuds with enhanced sound and hygiene features as the tech giant eyes to increase wearable sales. Three new models of the LG TONE Free — TONE-TFP9, TONE-TFP8 and TONE-TFP5 — were launched in South Korea with prices ranging from 169,000 [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Global Chemical Co., a chemical affiliate of South Korea’s energy giant SK Innovation Co., has announced that it is reusing bale silage plastic as upcycled bags for petrochemical products. Bale silage, the ‘giant marshmallows’ lying in fields, refers to bales of hay or other crops wrapped in multiple [...]