SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study revealed that a majority of consumers who use disposable wet tissues for cleaning and sanitization purposes are not aware that wet tissues are made of plastic. Consumers Korea, a consumer advocacy group here, conducted a survey of 636 consumers over 20 years of age to determine [...]
DAEJEON, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) said Tuesday that it had established a full-cycle history management system for radioactive waste using QR codes. The system encodes a variety of waste information that is collected per project, including project managers, radioactive nuclides and the type of waste in QR [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study claims that the loss of one’s sense of smell caused by COVID-19 can be treated with special training using lemon and cinnamon. A research team from the Korea University Ansan Hospital conducted a two-month olfactory training program for 53 patients recovering from the coronavirus between April [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Incheon International Airport Corp., South Korea’s main airport operator, introduced two disinfectant robots and six quarantine guide robots at the airport’s Terminal 2 on Monday. The robots use 5G networking to monitor quarantine status in the airport in real-time and notify airport authorities. The self-driving robots are capable of [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul metropolitan government said Tuesday it will ban drinking at Han River parks every night between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. starting the next day. The ban was announced Sunday as part of the central government’s toughened social distancing guidelines for the capital area, which has recently seen [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it will expand cloud-based call centers to offer better customer care services and protect its workers from the novel coronavirus outbreak. With its recently launch of cloud-based call centers in the United States, LG said they will be also available in 10 more countries, [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — After stoking a series of controversies, including a fire at a logistics center and a poor working conditions, e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. is now facing a government investigation into alleged unfair practices. The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) recently noted that Coupang might have violated the Fair Trade Law [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — All South Koreans remaining in Afghanistan must leave the country by no later than July or face criminal punishment, a foreign ministry official said Monday, as unrest grew in Afghanistan amid the ongoing withdrawal of U.S. and its allies’ forces. Afghanistan is currently banned for travel, along with five [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s oceans ministry said Sunday it plans to launch a new platform to provide the latest information on the radiation level in local seas to the public amid growing safety concerns over Tokyo’s planned release of contaminated water. “We plan to minimize the public’s concerns over the safety [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) — North Koreans surpassed South Koreans in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), one of the leading English language proficiency tests, last year, a report showed Saturday. According to a report from the U.S.-based Education Testing Service (ETS), the administrator of TOEFL, the average score in the [...]