SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Pet owners are concerned over the death of a Welsh Corgi after consuming oil-cake fertilizer. Oil cake refers to the residue that remains after oil is extracted from a plant source. It is known to contain nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and kalium, and is used widely in gardens and on [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Electric scooter sharing platforms have seen ridership plunge following government measures that require riders to wear safety helmets, and are asking the government to lift restrictions in exchange for lowering the maximum speed that the scooters can travel at. Five e-scooter sharing companies including Lime Korea, Mercane Mate, Swing, [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is pushing to allow overseas group tours of fully vaccinated citizens to nations with stable virus response measures as early as next month amid a nationwide vaccination campaign, the transport ministry said Wednesday. The plan comes as the country’s inoculation rate reached 16.5 percent as of Tuesday. [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Employment and Labor said Tuesday that it will conduct a special investigation of Naver Corp., the operator of the country’s No. 1 internet portal, following the suspected suicide of an employee who left a message implying workplace bullying. The special probe will be launched on Wednesday [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc., South Korea’s No. 2 chipmaker, on Tuesday denied a rumor that it is facing damage worth 2 trillion won (US$1.7 billion) over defective DRAMs, saying that it has requested a police probe into such a cyber libel. The rumor over SK hynix’s possible loss has been [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will provide certification stickers to vaccinated people aged 65 and over to help them prove their COVID-19 vaccination status in addition to their paper and electronic records, the health authority said Tuesday. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) issues vaccination records in the form of [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Greenhouse gas emissions fell by 7.3 percent last year from 2019, the first time there has been a decrease for two consecutive years, the environment ministry said Tuesday. The ministry’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Research Center said total emissions last year are estimated at 648.6 million tons, down 7.3 [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Three Korean battery makers are set to showcase their next-generation battery products and technologies at a major industry fair to get ahead in the toughening competition in the fast growing electric vehicle battery market, the companies said Tuesday. LG Energy Solution Ltd., Samsung SDI Co., and SK Innovation Co. [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. is set to launch decentralized identifier (DID) service that uses blockchain technology to uniquely identify buildings as well as to diagnose the safety of dangerous structures. DID is a term used to describe an online-based electronic identification system that uses blockchain technology to manage the certificate [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A local court on Monday dismissed a damages suit launched by 85 South Korean victims of wartime forced labor in Japan and their families against 16 Japanese companies, saying the plaintiffs don’t have litigation rights. The Seoul Central District Court said South Korean wartime forced laborers cannot claim individual [...]