SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp. ranked fourth in global electrified vehicle sales last year, helped by increased exports, industry data showed Friday. Hyundai and Kia sold a combined 350,000 electrified models in global markets in 2019, up 25 percent from a year earlier, the Korea [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Thousands of after-school child care workers at elementary schools staged a one-day strike Friday, leaving parents and teachers scrambling to fill the void. Some 4,900 after-school child care workers, around 41 percent of their total number in the country, took part in the strike, according to a national labor [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A joint research team from South Korea and China has revealed that contaminants from China enter Seoul’s atmosphere after just two days, causing high concentrations of fine dust. The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) and Chinese Academy of Sciences announced Thursday that they had scientifically proven how [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will maintain Level 1 social distancing regulations under a revised five-tier scheme as the average daily number of new cases remains below 100 this week, the health authority said Friday. The new five-tier scheme, which takes effect Saturday, breaks the current three levels into five — 1, 1.5, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean small and medium-sized watch makers are crying foul after suffering from heavy losses stemming from hundreds of models of fake luxury watches selling through a popular online shopping portals. The Korea Watch Industry Association (KOWIC) said in a press release issued on Wednesday that hundreds of models [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Woowa Brothers Corp., the operator of South Korea’s top food delivery service app, Baedal Minjok, announced on Wednesday that it will develop a self-driving robot dedicated to food delivery service within apartment complexes. Woowa Brothers plans to complete the development of the self-driving delivery robot by the first half [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. announced that it will support three startups created by Samsung employees as part of the company’s in-house venture incubation program, C-Lab Inside. C-Lab Inside was introduced in 2012 to promote a creative corporate culture as well as to explore employees’ innovative ideas. The three startups that [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A newly developed biofuel cell generates electricity using human perspiration. The Korea Research Foundation announced Tuesday that a joint research team from Sogang University and Sookmyung Women’s University had developed a technology that uses sportswear fabric to turn the glucose in human perspiration into electric energy. While many studies [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — CJ Cheiljedang Corp., South Korea’s top food maker, announced on Tuesday that it is making inroads in the ‘white biotechnology’ market, which is regarded as one of the most promising future industries. White biotechnology refers to the production of commodities such as industrial materials or biofuels using plants and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a South Korean telecom giant, announced on Tuesday that it will start a pilot project for a self-driving disinfection robot service at KidZania Seoul, a theme park where children role-play in a variety of jobs, during the period from Nov. 26-Dec. 4. The service will be offered [...]