SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Education said on Friday that schools in Seoul and its surrounding cities will remain online-only until Sept. 20, in accordance with the government’s decision to extend stricter social distancing rules in the area. The measure will apply to all kindergartens, elementary, middle and high schools in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Following a strict imposition of social distancing as the coronavirus sweeps across South Korea, people are throwing away increased amounts of plastic waste. The Ministry of Environment temporarily approved the use of disposable materials at restaurants, cafes, and fast food chains in airports and train stations in February to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — China, for the first time since banning foreigners from entering the country in March following the coronavirus outbreak, has allowed a chartered plane to land in Beijing. Hyundai Motor Group was approved by the Chinese government to land three chartered planes carrying 600 people at Beijing Capital International Airport [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s finance ministry said Friday it has set aside 170.7 billion won (US$143 million) to help local companies develop homegrown vaccines and treatment drugs next year to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Of the budget, 31.9 billion won will be spent to discover candidate materials for a potential vaccine [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc.’s new smartphone with a rotating form factor will be called “Wing,” with its price expected to be over 1 million won (US$840), sources here said Friday. LG confirmed the upcoming dual-screen smartphone will have the same name as its project name, according to the sources. The [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A new project to assign addresses to objects, spaces, and underground facilities will first start among five designated ‘smart cities’. The Ministry of Interior and Safety (MOIS) announced Wednesday that it plans to sign an agreement with various agencies to assign so-called ‘three-dimensional addresses’ in five designated smart cities [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Employees impacted by the coronavirus outbreak at a logistics center of Coupang Inc., the country’s leading e-commerce operator, last May asked the prosecution to hold those accountable to justice. “Coupang attempted to cover up the mass outbreak as it violated the government’s quarantine instructions,” said the victims of the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean telecom operators are expanding collaborations to develop robot-based services that counter the COVID-19 pandemic, industry officials said Thursday, as businesses and establishments seek to limit face-to-face contact to reduce the risk of infection. LG Uplus Corp., the country’s No. 3 mobile carrier, said it has partnered with [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The government plans to set up an exclusive committee with a specific mission of investigating self-driving car-related accidents. The committee will be responsible for clarifying who is responsible when self-driving car accidents occur. The investigation committee, slated to be inaugurated on Oct. 8, would be able to exercise the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and Singapore agreed Wednesday to introduce a “fast-track” entry program this week for essential trips by businesspeople and others in exception to coronavirus entry restrictions, the foreign ministry said. During telephone talks, Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and her Singaporean counterpart, Vivian Balakrishnan, reached the agreement on the [...]