SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The consistent stalking of others will constitute a crime that can be punished by up to three years of imprisonment under a new law. The National Assembly passed a bill on a 235-0 vote Wednesday to strengthen the punishment for stalkers amid growing public voices calling for increasing penalties [...]
DAEJEON, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology announced Tuesday that it has developed technology to mass produce nanofabric filters for protective masks using centrifugal force. Nano-fabric filters, unlike other filters that rely on electrostatic mechanisms to collect foreign particles, can sustain their capacity to collect dust particles in [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A 40 year-old woman accused of public slander online against her ex-husband who failed to wire child support payments to her on time was sentenced to a fine in a civil participation trial. The Daejeon District Court sentenced the woman to a fine of 1 million won (US$880) for [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday said it will offer a drone delivery service to its Galaxy device buyers in Ireland under a partnership with Irish drone startup Manna. The service will be first available to customers in Oranmore, some 200 kilometers west of Dublin, but the two sides said [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Wednesday it plans to spend 1.1 trillion won (US$974 million) by 2027 to speed up the development of Level 4 self-driving vehicles and boost related technologies. At Level 4, one stage before full autonomy, the vehicle can drive itself under limited conditions and does not require [...]
DAEJEON, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A team of South Korean scientists have developed eco-friendly filters for protective masks that are 100 percent biodegradable. The Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology announced Monday that it had developed a fully biodegradable mask filter that uses polybutylene succinate (PBS), an aliphatic polyester. The institute said that the [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean auto giant Hyundai Motor Group said Tuesday it will establish its own high-speed charging infrastructure under the brand name of “E-pit” for its electric models. Hyundai Motor Group will provide customers of its EV models with fast and convenient services at the E-pit charging stations. They can [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it has joined forces with two other partners to develop next-generation 6G network technology. LG signed a partnership with Keysight Technologies Inc., a U.S.-based electronics test and measurement firm, and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), South Korea’s leading research university. [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Online grooming, or luring minors through the internet to sexually illicit businesses, will be subject to criminal punishment in South Korea starting in September, a government ministry said Tuesday. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said the revised act on the protection of children and juveniles against sexual [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea said Tuesday it plans to build two facilities that collect by-product hydrogen and transport the resource in an effort to further boost the country’s green energy drive. The country will spend 6.3 billion won (US$5.59 million) on the project, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and [...]