SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Floor-to-floor apartment noise has been a long-standing social problem in South Korea, and it is worsening as more people are spending longer hours at home. The Korea Environment Corporation reported 895 cases of complaints related to apartment noise last year, up by approximately 80 percent since 2019 (507 cases). [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Thursday it plans to expand subsidies provided for electric vehicles and hydrogen fuel-cell automobiles this year in line with the country’s green energy drive. Under the plan, South Korea will allocate 1 trillion won (US$930 billion) to promote sales of electric cars, which marks a 25 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Thursday it opened an ultra-fast charging station for electric vehicles (EVs) in southeastern Seoul in the latest move that could boost convenience for drivers of zero-emission cars. Hyundai Motor and SK networks, a chemical and energy company, jointly transformed an old gas station into South [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Attention is mounting as to whether Spotify can succeed in the South Korean market after the global music streaming service platform announced plans to launch its service here within the first half of this year. The driving force behind Spotify’s strong popularity around the world is its strong music [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The sense of crisis felt by South Korea’s general insurance companies is growing as internet giant Kakao Corp. is pushing to establish the nation’s third digital general insurance company. Against this backdrop, existing insurance companies are accelerating efforts to speed up their digitalization. Hanwha General Insurance Co. introduced the [...]
ULSAN, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. announced on Wednesday that it had succeeded in lifting a 9,100-ton ultra-large offshore facility using a floating crane. The company said that its 10,000-ton floating crane ‘Hyundai-10000’ recently lifted the topside of the King’s Quay semi-submersible floating production system (FPS) at its [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid growing criticism over the online culture of sexually objectifying idol stars, deepvoice, sound synthesis technology using artificial intelligence (AI), is emerging as a new source of digital sex crimes. In recent days, a string of pornography videos have been distributed that use deepvoice technology to manipulate the audio [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that 1 in 4 asymptomatic or mild coronavirus patients quarantined at residential treatment centers are suffering from depressive symptoms. A research team from Seoul National University Hospital conducted a study on the psychological health of 107 COVID-19 patients quarantined at a residential treatment center [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — To ensure the health of flight attendants who are exposed to cosmic radiation during flights, the government plans to greatly strengthen government regulations regarding annual exposure limits. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said Tuesday that it had issued an administrative notice concerning the revision of the cosmic [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The government plans to develop appliances that can recycle used batteries. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced Monday that it will invest 13 billion won (US$11.7 million) to develop technology for recycling used batteries by 2024. Batteries used for electric vehicles (EVs) and other appliances will become [...]