SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — CJ Cheiljedang Corp., South Korea’s leading food manufacturer, is moving aggressively to expand its ‘white biotechnology’ ventures. White biotechnology refers to replacing the main raw materials of the chemical industry with biomaterials using renewable resources or biological agents such as microorganisms and enzymes. The company recently signed a memorandum [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A series of allegedly shady medical practices has renewed a debate on whether it should be mandatory for hospitals to install surveillance cameras in operating rooms. The idea has gained strong traction among patients’ groups that view the cameras as a safeguard against dishonest and sometimes lethal medical practices, [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Following the recent death of a restaurant owner who had a series of stressful interactions with a Coupang Eats customer asking for a refund, a number of reports have claimed that the service has abused food vendors. An online forum for small businesses in South Korea is becoming a [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of urban households in South Korea that moved to provinces to take up farming rose last year, data showed Thursday, as more people searched for new job opportunities outside cities. The number of return-to-farm households came to 12,489 in 2020, up 9.3 percent from a year earlier, [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Engineering Co., an industrial plant affiliate of Samsung Group, said Wednesday that it had succeeded in producing pipes through smart robot automation. The company revealed that it succeeded in automating the ‘cutting-improvement-welding’ process for frequently used carbon steel pipe spools with a diameter of 4 to 12 inches. [...]
BUSAN, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. soldiers stationed in South Korea will be fined if they hold parties without wearing masks on and around a popular beach here during the coming U.S. Independence Day holiday amid the coronavirus pandemic, a local ward office said Wednesday. The Haeundae Ward office in the southern port city [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans will have the option to conveniently verify their identities through mobile identification cards and all civil application services will be able to be conducted in a non-face-to-face manner by 2025, the government said Wednesday. The planned introduction of mobile ID cards and other measures are included in [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The rating systems offered by Coupang Eats and other food delivery apps are being criticized for being manipulated by malicious consumers, with food vendors calling for the app owners to crack down on malicious reviews. A group of civic organizations including People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy and the Korea [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Cosmetics manufacturers are scrambling to study microbiomes after the recent discovery that they have outstanding anti-aging qualities. The term microbiome is a combination of the words ‘microbe’ and ‘biome’, and refers to the microorganisms living in the human body, as well as their genetic information. South Korean cosmetics maker [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has earmarked 27.4 billion won (US$24.1 million) to establish a smart management system for port infrastructure, aimed at improving the efficiency in operation and management of such facilities. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries plans to measure the state of port facilities on a real time basis [...]